Marshals Arrest Vieques Activists

U.S. marshals fanned out across Puerto Rico, arresting dozens of anti-Navy activists at home for refusing to post bail on federal trespassing charges. Marshals arrested more than 50 of 122 activists, protest organizers said. Those arrested were among 183 people originally detained last week as they scrambled under fences or sneaked onto remote beaches in an attempt to stop military exercises on the outlying Puerto Rican island of Vieques. The protesters arrested last week had been freed temporarily and given until Friday to post $1,000 bail, but the group of 122 refused to pay. “We do not recognize any moral authority nor the legitimacy of the U.S. court in this matter,” Sen. Manuel Rodriguez Orellana of the Puerto Rican Independence Party said.