Murder of Jacinto Gutiérrez

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.[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] This Puerto Rican biographical article is a stub.
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