What is Oscar López Rivera?
{{Infobox criminal | name = Oscar López Rivera | native_name = Oscar López Rivera | native_name_lang = Spanish | image = File:Oscar López Rivera.png | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|01|06}} | birth_place = [[San Sebastián, Puerto Rico]] | criminal_charge = [[Seditious conspiracy]], use of force to commit robbery, interstate transportation of firearms and ammunition to aid in the commission of a felony | criminal_penalty = Prison for 55 years; extended 15 years for later conspiracy to escape | criminal_status = Sentence commuted by President Obama, sentence ended in May 2017 | awards = [[Bronze Star Medal]] }} '''Oscar López Rivera''' (born January 6, 1943) is a [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] nationalist.<ref name=Broder>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/08/us/12-imprisoned-puerto-ricans-accept-clemency-conditions.html|title=12 Imprisoned Puerto Ricans Accept Clemency Conditions|access-date=September 17, 2008|work= New York Times|date=November 8, 1999|last=Broder | first= John M. }}</ref> He was one of the leaders of the [[Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña|FALN]]. ==Imprisonment== In 1981, López Rivera was convicted and sentenced to 55 years in [[federal prison]] for [[conspiracy]], use of force to commit robbery, interstate transportation of firearms, and conspiracy to transport explosives with intent to destroy government property.<ref name=parolehearing>[https://www.justice.gov/uspc/pr/us-parole-commission-denies-lopez-parole-application United States Justice Department], 2011 parole hearing report for Oscar López Rivera.</ref><ref>[http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/08/11/Sentence-FALN-terrorist-to-55-years-in-jail/3540366350400/ UPI article from August 11, 1981], title: ''Sentence FALN terrorist to 55 years in jail''.</ref> In 1988, he was sentenced to an additional 15 years in prison for conspiring to escape from the Leavenworth federal prison. Ló