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Rodney Adam Coronado is a prominent American Eco-anarchist and Animal Rights activist. Coronado is a proponent of the use of Direct Action to end what he sees as cruelty to animals and destruction of the environment. He is an advocate and former activist for the Animal Liberation Front and, according to the FBI , a "national leader" of the Earth Liberation Front . [http://www.kfmb.com/stories/story.39990.html . He is also a former crew member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and was a member of the editorial collective of the '' Earth First! Journal''. Coronado was jailed in 1995 in connection with an Arson attack on research facilities at Michigan State University , allegedly causing $125,000 worth of damage and destroying 32 years of research data, as part of the Animal Liberation Front 's "Operation Bite Back," a series of attacks on Animal-testing and fur facilities in the United States during the 1990s. __TOC__ BACKGROUND Coronado is of Pasqua , 1986 , he and another activist, David Howitt, Scuttled two ships, the ''Hvalur 6'' and ''Hvalur 7'', accounting for half of Iceland 's Whaling fleet, which was whaling in contravention of the International Whaling Commission Moratorium . Before scuttling the ships, Coronado and Howitt caused $2 million worth of damage to the Icelandic whaling station. In 1995, Coronado was convicted and sentenced to 57 months in jail in connection with the . According to a business advocacy group this remains unpaid {Link without Title} . RECENT ACTIONS On December 2 , 2004 , Coronado was Indicted on three charges related to Earth First! hunt Saboteur actions to protect Mountain Lion s in Sabino Canyon , near Tucson . On December 13 , 2005 , he and co-defendant Matthew Crozier, 33, were found guilty of Felony conspiracy to interfere with or injure a government official, Misdemeanor interference with or injury to a Forest officer, and misdemeanor depredation ( Theft or Destruction or the attempt to do so) of government property. The two will be sentenced on March 8 , 2006 and could face seven years in prison. {Link without Title} After the verdict, Assistant U.S. Attorney Wallace Kleindienst called Coronado "a Terrorist ," and asked the judge to order that he be jailed until sentencing, but the judge said the only report before him described Coronado as "a model released defendant," and that he should be allowed to remain free. {Link without Title} In February 2006, Coronado was re-arrested on a felony charge of demonstrating the use of a destructive device The indictment indirectly relates to an s. He denies any role in the incident, and investigators do not consider him a suspect in starting the fire. [http://www.fbiwitchhunt.com/SD2-23-06.html Coronado's latest arrest is associated with the FBI's '' to freedom of speech when he "responsed to a question from an audience member ... and explained how he had constructed a non-explosive, incendiary device out of a plastic jug filled with Gasoline to commit a past arson for which he had long since been sentenced and done his time" [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10370129 . However a Partisan advocacy group, '' Center For Consumer Freedom '' applauded the indictment, accusing Coronado of "hiding behind the First Amendment to teach arson techniques" [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/pressRelease_detail.cfm/release/147]. If found guilty of the charges, Coronado faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. QUOTES "What I'm continuing to do is cutting out the equation that wastes the most amount of time — and that is working within the system." {Link without Title} "I wish I could do it again, only I wish I could take all of the animals out of the environmental fur farm ... I have absolutely no regrets, and I hope the same thing continues to happen at MSU and every other college campus that does animal research." {Link without Title} "I think they should appreciate that we’re only targeting their property. Because frankly I think it’s time to start targeting them." {Link without Title} "I’m a member of the Pascua Yaqui Nation and as an indigenous person, the fur trade represents so much more to me than just animal abuse. It represents cultural genocide. They were the foot soldiers of an invasion and conquest in the “new world.” They were the ones who introduced disease. They were the ones who introduced alcoholism. They were the ones who introduced gunpowder and many, many things that led to our decimation." {Link without Title} "You're damn right when you say I've shown people how to make a firebomb, I've done my time for my crimes, and I should be able to talk about them." {Link without Title} SEE ALSO
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