![Puerto Rican nationalist, Lolita Lebron, is hustled through the crowd after she was involved in a shooting attack on Capitol Hill, March 1, 1954 . While shouting "Free Puerto Rico," a commando Puerto Rican nationalist, Lolita Lebron, is hustled through the crowd after she was involved in a shooting attack on Capitol Hill, March 1, 1954 . While shouting "Free Puerto Rico," a commando](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2N425WB/puerto-rican-nationalist-lolita-lebron-is-hustled-through-the-crowd-after-she-was-involved-in-a-shooting-attack-on-capitol-hill-march-1-1954-while-shouting-free-puerto-rico-a-commando-group-of-four-under-the-leadership-of-lebron-opened-fire-from-the-visitors-gallery-onto-the-floor-of-the-us-house-of-representatives-wounding-five-congressmen-ap-photo-2N425WB.jpg)
Puerto Rican nationalist, Lolita Lebron, is hustled through the crowd after she was involved in a shooting attack on Capitol Hill, March 1, 1954 . While shouting "Free Puerto Rico," a commando
![Lolita Lebrón: Puerto Rican nationalist who launched an armed attack on the US House of Representatives | The Independent | The Independent Lolita Lebrón: Puerto Rican nationalist who launched an armed attack on the US House of Representatives | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2010/08/04/19/425838.jpg?width=1200)
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![Lolita Lebron, center, one of four Puerto Rican nationalist extremists held on $100,000 bail after an assault on the U.S. House of Representatives, speaks to newsmen at police headquarters in Washington, D.C., Lolita Lebron, center, one of four Puerto Rican nationalist extremists held on $100,000 bail after an assault on the U.S. House of Representatives, speaks to newsmen at police headquarters in Washington, D.C.,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2N4A7ND/lolita-lebron-center-one-of-four-puerto-rican-nationalist-extremists-held-on-100000-bail-after-an-assault-on-the-us-house-of-representatives-speaks-to-newsmen-at-police-headquarters-in-washington-dc-march-1-1954-lebron-a-new-york-city-sewing-machine-operator-said-that-the-shooting-was-my-idea-and-that-the-attack-was-planned-to-coincide-with-the-opening-of-the-pan-american-conference-in-caracas-venezuela-to-dramatize-the-problem-of-colonialism-five-congressmen-were-wounded-in-the-wild-shooting-spree-one-seriously-lebron-claims-to-have-fired-eight-shots-with-her-automatic-2N4A7ND.jpg)
Lolita Lebron, center, one of four Puerto Rican nationalist extremists held on $100,000 bail after an assault on the U.S. House of Representatives, speaks to newsmen at police headquarters in Washington, D.C.,
![A postcard from 1986 depicting Lolita Lebrón escorted from the US Capitol after opening fire from the House of Representatives gallery. | DPLA A postcard from 1986 depicting Lolita Lebrón escorted from the US Capitol after opening fire from the House of Representatives gallery. | DPLA](https://d2jf00asb0fe6y.cloudfront.net/puerto-rican-migration-us_10_d4c08f93fedc70d0026d73fee4cfd667.jpg)