Political Prisoner Profile: Oso Blanco

This was taken from the NYC ABC Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War at
https://nycabc.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/nycabc_polprislisting_june-2026_legal.pdf

Byron Chubbuck #07909­051
USP Atwater
Post Office Box 019001
Atwater, California 95301

Birthday: February 26 

Indigenous rights activist serving 55 years for bank robbery, aggravated assault on the FBI, escape and firearms charges. Oso Blanco is a wolf clan Cherokee/ Choctaw raised in New Mexico, whose Cherokee name is Yona Unega. He became known by the authorities as “Robin the Hood” after the FBI and local gang unit APD officers learned from a confidential informant that he was robbing banks in order to acquire funds to support the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico throughout 1998-99. Info at: freeosoblanco.blogspot.com   

 Illustration by Gianluca Costantini    

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