From [HERE] NEW YORK - A delegation led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), will travel to Puerto Rico next week to hear testimony on the civil liberties violations carried out against students, very little of which has been reported in the media in the United States.

Anthony Romero, director of the ACLU in New York, told this newspaper that the purpose of the visit is to "understand better what is happening in Puerto Rico, whether there were violations of fundamental human rights against the right to demonstrate, to express yourself as you want and police abuse. These are some of the issues we care about. "

The delegation, which will remain for two days on the island, consists of popular actress Rosie Perez, former baseball player Carlos Delgado, Juan Cartagena, director of the Latino Justice PRLDEF, Angelo Falcón of the National Institute for Latino Policy, and businessman Sam McVity.