Unsolved
Murder of Jacinto Gutiérrez
- Year
- 1971
- Where
- Puerto Rico
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
What the record says
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. During the riots, two Puerto Rico Police officers, Riot Squad commander Juan Birino Mercado and Sergeant Miguel Rosario…
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