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On the recordJune 15, 2021
It is called the creation of Las Carpetas where over 100,000 advocates of Puerto Rican independence were monitored.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing FBI surveillance of Puerto Rican independence advocates.

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