Militant/Emily Paul

NEW YORK, February 11—About 25 people picketed at Federal Plaza here today to protest the arrest of Puerto Rican independence fighter Avelino González Claudio by the FBI. The FBI claims that González is a member of the proindependence group Popular Boricua Army-Macheteros. He was arrested in Puerto Rico February 7 on charges of involvement in a 1983 bank robbery. Protesters called for the release of González and all Puerto Rican political prisoners, and for independence for Puerto Rico.

—EMILY PAUL