The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Huntsville, Texas
by
William T. Harper
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2004
From one oclock on the afternoon of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten oclock the night of August 3, eleven days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the United States took place in Texass Huntsville State Prison. The ringleader, Federico (Fred) Gomez Carrasco, the former...