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Puerto Rico independence leader returns home

By Danica Coto
Published December 6, 2012 11:50pm ET
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Puerto Rico independence leader returns home
Avelino Gonzalez Claudio, center, is surrounded by supporters upon his arrival at the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The former leader of a Puerto Rican militant group that has long fought for the island's independence arrived to finish serving a prison sentence for involvement in a $7 million robbery of a Wells Fargo armored depot in Connecticut in 1983. It was the biggest cash robbery in U.S. history at the time. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo) | Ricardo Arduengo

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The former leader of a militant group that has long fought for Puerto Rico’s independence from the U.S. was greeted by dozens of supporters Thursday as he arrived home to finish serving a prison sentence.

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