- Arnaldo Darío Rosado
Arnaldo Darío Rosado (
November 23 ,1953 -July 25 ,1978 ) was an activist for theindependence ofPuerto Rico from a very young age. InJuly 25 ,1978 he was killed by police officers (along with friendCarlos Soto Arriví ) after being lured into bombing the communication towers onCerro Maravilla byundercover agent,Alejandro González Malavé .The killing of both men spawned a decades-long case (see
Maravilla Hill case ) that to this date hasn't been fully solved yet.Biography
Rosado was born in
November 23 ,1953 in theOld San Juan . His parents were Pablo Rosado and Juana Torres Aymat. Rosado finished his high school studies and went to work on a crackerfactory .Rosado was an
autodidact , and he was an avid reader of various kinds ofliterature , especially those related to the politic processes ofPuerto Rico andLatin America . He also wrotepoems ,essays , and had several mail friends inLatin America .From a very young age, Rosado identified with the cause of the
independence of the island. He joined thesocialist league with whom he participated in several activities.In 1978 he was enticed into bombing the communication towers on top of
Cerro Maravilla , along with his friendCarlos Soto Arriví , byundercover agentAlejandro González Malavé . It was there where both were ambushed, tortured, and killed after being disarmed and having surrendered to the agent provocateur and the other policemen in the area. Said information was confirmed by various policemen who confessed to having participated in the murder of these members of thePuerto Rican independence movement Dario Rosado was married to Angela Rivera, and had a son called Manuel Lenín Rosado Rivera.
ee also
*
Maravilla Hill case
*Carlos Soto Arriví
*Alejandro González Malavé External links
* [http://www.verdadyjusticia.org/casos/dario_rosado/datos_dario_rosado.html Article and biography]
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