FALN

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, FALN has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The FBI Files (Jan 2026). A Puerto Rican terrorist group responsible for a series of bombings in the US during the 1970s and 1980s.

The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional was a Puerto Rican clandestine paramilitary organization that, through direct action, advocated independence for Puerto Rico. It carried out more than 130 bomb attacks in the United States between 1974 and 1983, including a 1975 bombing of the Fraunces Tavern in New York City that killed four people.