SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Car horns rang out across Puerto Rico and people celebrated in the streets Tuesday after President Barack Obama announced he had commuted the prison sentence of 74-year-old nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera. Lopez, whose release also was opposed by several groups including a national police organization, is now scheduled to be freed May 17. "He wants to live in Puerto Rico, and people there really want him to come home," Susler said. But eventually, Lopez will return to Puerto Rico, she said. He thought he was in prison for a higher cause for his people, and that's something that's very life-giving."

Source: New York Times January 17, 2017 22:36 UTC