Later Years
In 1956, Canales was transferred to the Women's Jail in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. In 1967, after 17 years in prison, Canales was given a full pardon by Puerto Rican Governor Roberto Sanchez Vilella. She continued to be an active independence advocate until the day she died.
Canales died in 1996 in her hometown of Jayuya. The house in which Blanca and Nemesio Canales were born and raised, was turned into a museum by the City of Jayuya.
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