AT&T, Corona & Coke bail on ‘FALN parade’

Three more companies pulled out of the Puerto Rican Day Parade Tuesday because of its plan to honor a leader of the bloody FALN terrorist group.

AT&T, Corona beer and CocaCola announced their withdrawals in separate statements, even as parade officials defended their decision to award convicted felon Os- car López Rivera with the march’s first National Freedom Award.

The Yankees, JetBlue and Goya Foods had withdrawn earlier.

Corona Extra USA said thatat while it’s been a “proud” sponsor of the annual event, “we also un- derstand that emotions connected to this year’s parade carry very personal significance for many.”

“In light of these sensitivities, we have decided to shift our support to other National Puerto Rican Day Parade Committee cultural and social efforts throughout the year as part of our continuing commitment to the community.”

The FDNY Hispanic Society and the fire officers union said they won’t be marching, either.

They join a boycott of the June 11 event by Police Commissioner James O’Neill, the NYPD Hispanic Society and police unions.

“Oscar López Rivera’s actions led to the death and serious injury of innocent civilians and police officers. He is a convicted felon, plain and simple, and one who has not apologized or repented for his cowardly attacks,” said Jake Lemonda, president of the fire-officers union.

López Rivera served nearly 36 years after being convicted of a plot to overthrow the US government as leader of the nationalist Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional.

The group was responsible for a series of attacks nationwide, including the 1975 bombing of Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan, where four people died, and a blast that maimed an officer at Po- lice Headquarters in 1982.

Then-President Barack Obama commuted López Rivera’s sentence in January. His defenders claim he never directly participated in plotting a terrorist attack.

“He was not linked to any act of violence that hurt or killed anybody. He served 35 years, which is highly disproportionate, 12 years in solitary confinement. He was a political prisoner, that is what he was,” said City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

But even some New York Puerto Rican leaders say the decision to honor López Rivera was misguided.

“This mess, created by the board of directors of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, has created worse divisions than Donald Trump’s election to the presidency,” said Bronx state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr.

The board of directors issued a statement saying they respect the sponsors who pulled out but also “respect our parade’s mission and commitment to inclusiveness and the responsibility of representing the broadest possible blend of voices that make up the Puerto Rican community.”

The remaining sponsors include WNBC-TV; the New York Daily News; City University and the United Federation of Teachers.