Jacinto Gutiérrez | |
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Born | c. 25 July 1949 |
Died | 11 March 1971 (age 20) |
Resting place | Cementerio La Piedad Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Other names | Junior |
Known for | Victim of homicide Statehood movement in Puerto Rico |
Jacinto Gutiérrez born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was a University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras campus Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadet who was murdered on 11 March 1971 at the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps building during a riot by groups opposing the program's presence on the campus. [1] During the riots, two Puerto Rico Police officers, Riot Squad commander Juan Birino Mercado and Sergeant Miguel Rosario Rondón, also lost their lives. [2] [3] No one has ever been charged with his killing. [4] [5]
Gutiérrez was buried in his hometown of Ponce at Cementerio La Piedad. His death is frequently commemorated by groups supporting statehood for Puerto Rico. [6]
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Jacinto Gutiérrez | |
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Born | c. 25 July 1949 |
Died | 11 March 1971 (age 20) |
Resting place | Cementerio La Piedad Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Other names | Junior |
Known for | Victim of homicide Statehood movement in Puerto Rico |
Jacinto Gutiérrez born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was a University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras campus Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadet who was murdered on 11 March 1971 at the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps building during a riot by groups opposing the program's presence on the campus. [1] During the riots, two Puerto Rico Police officers, Riot Squad commander Juan Birino Mercado and Sergeant Miguel Rosario Rondón, also lost their lives. [2] [3] No one has ever been charged with his killing. [4] [5]
Gutiérrez was buried in his hometown of Ponce at Cementerio La Piedad. His death is frequently commemorated by groups supporting statehood for Puerto Rico. [6]
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