25 Facts About Joe Remiro

Joseph Michael Remiro was born on 1947 and is an American convicted murderer and one of the founding members of the Symbionese Liberation Army in the early fall of 1973.

Joe Remiro used the pseudonym or nom de guerre "Bo" while he was a member of the group.

Joe Remiro was born in 1947 and raised in San Francisco in a lower-middle-class family of Italian and Mexican ancestry.

Joe Remiro attended Roman Catholic schools and was raised in the faith.

Joe Remiro began to attend San Francisco City College, but dropped out in 1965.

Joe Remiro served two tours in Vietnam as a member of the 101st Airborne Division.

Joe Remiro had training as an auto mechanic and in weaponry.

Joe Remiro participated in search and destroy missions in Vietnam, where he became addicted to drugs.

When Joe Remiro returned from service, he joined Vietnam Veterans Against the War.

Joe Remiro joined the more radical organization Venceremos, which had many Chicano or Mexican-American members and was militating for civil rights for its people.

Joe Remiro became involved with the Black Cultural Association, a prisoner outreach and education program for inmates at the Vacaville psychiatric prison in California.

Lastly, Joe Remiro became involved at Peking House, a Maoist collective where he became best friends with Russ Little.

All but DeFreeze, Wheeler, and Joe Remiro were white, and many from middle-class or upper-middle-class backgrounds.

Joe Remiro sought shelter at Peking House with white contacts from the Black Cultural Association.

Veteran Joe Remiro used his knowledge of weaponry to train the small group of affiliated radicals into an armed force.

Joe Remiro trained the other members in target practice, as well as the use, maintenance and dismantling of weaponry.

Joe Remiro took cover and then emerged again, firing three more rounds at the officer, who again fired twice at Joe Remiro.

Four hours later, Joe Remiro surrendered a block from the SLA hideout.

On February 17,1974, Little and Joe Remiro attempted to release a statement to the public with some of their grievances.

Joe Remiro offered to take Patty Hearst's place as a kidnap victim.

On June 27,1975, Little and Joe Remiro were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and the attempted murder of Foster's assistant, Robert Blackburn.

On February 18,1976, Patty Hearst at her armed robbery trial testified that she had been told that Little and Joe Remiro were waiting in the car while Foster was killed by other members.

Little and Joe Remiro released a statement through their attorney saying that Hearst was "lying" about their involvement.

Joe Remiro was sentenced to life at Pelican Bay State Prison.

However, in 2024, author Roger Rappaport said that Joe Remiro had been paroled in 2018, though this was not publicized at the time.