By David Matthews | January 18, 2017 6:43am @DavidLMatthews It’s also where, on a fateful summer night more than 40 years ago, López Rivera’s group detonated sticks of dynamite in a spate of Downtown bombings that injured five. The decision by President Barack Obama on Tuesday to reduce López Rivera's 70-year sentence — and Miranda’s reaction — show that time in the eyes of some can heal all wounds, no matter how explosive their cause. López Rivera — who once lived in Humboldt Park — is revered today as a mentor by U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and exalted as a hero by local activists.