Assassination in Puerto Rico- The FBI Murders a Legend

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Assassination in Puerto Rico

The FBI Murders a Legend

By RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ CRUZ

On September 23, 2005, hundreds of separatists gathered in a small town of Puerto Rico called Lares to conmemorate the 137-years old-failed revolutionary attempt against Spaniard colonial rule, known as Grito de Lares. At about 3:00 PM on that day, the crowd was listening to a recorded message from Filiberto Ojeda Rios, leader of the Boricua Popular Army, Los Macheteros (the Machete Wielders). Ojeda's recorded message had already become a staple of the Lares celebration for a number of years, as he could not speak in person to the public.

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According to Fraticelli, on September 24, 2005 at 4:00 AM, more than twelve hours after the gun exchange, a group of FBI agents arrived from Virginia to continue with the capture. They entered the farm and found Ojeda dead, with his hand on the chest, as if he had been trying to stop an hemorrhage. Thirteen hours later, at 5:00 PM, Fraticelli confirmed that Ojeda was dead and claimed that the FBI had acted in self defense.

Because of other violent events against independentistas in Puerto Rico, no one believes the FBI's fishy story. The governor of the Island -by no means a sympathizer with the independentista movement- told the press that the whole event was suspicious, that the FBI was trying to cover something. The head of the Catholic Church, archbishop Roberto González, lamented the death of Ojeda and referred to the FBI's actions as a "sinister operation." The FBI reluctantly agreed to the independentistas' demand that Filiberto's dead body be given immediately to the local authorities for an autopsy.

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She says that at some point in time, a considerable number of FBI agents approached the shack firing at will. Fearing for Elma's well-being, Filiberto managed to shout at them and negotiate with the FBI the safety of his wife. She walked out of the shack, and the FBI blindfolded her, putting the now typical duct tape on her eyes. She was immediately taken away and kept uninformed of events. Filiberto, she says, knew that the FBI was there to kill him and did not talk at any time about surrendering himself. After all, that is what happened in Cerro Maravilla, where the local police -acting allegedly in cohort with the FBI- executed two unarmed independentistas, well after they had surrendered to the authorities. The Attorney General for Puerto Rico has already corroborated Elma's story. The FBI fired more than a hundred rounds of bullets. Filiberto was able to respond only ten times. There was no attempt to arrest him; they came to kill him with premeditation.

http://www.counterpunch.org/cruz09262005.html

[acmavm]

1. Jeez, what have 'we' become. I don't claim any part of this thuggery

BUT we will all suffer for it.

[Oversea Visitor]

3. What you have becomes are monsters in the

eyes of the world. These shits been happening for a long time. What can we poor guys do. US is the most powerful nation in this world.
Goverments around the world just stay clear of US so no check and balance.

The Americans people are the watchdog, I guess Americans live in a bubble somehow shutting all this away. Today I see eyes are starting to open. Well better late than never. Ultimately Americans need to decide their destination. Clearly all this will one day be visited back on the people of American.

Do not let what you do not want to be done unto to you be done onto others........ cause habits bad sooner or later they do it onto you.

[Why Syzygy]

2. I heard he was left

for hours to bleed to death. More than a hundred rounds of ammo would pretty much ensure that wasn't necessary.

[lcordero2]

4. This is going to be something to watch

Univision(a Murdock asset), the disinformation and lie network that they are, is claiming that the Independista Macheteros are reuniting and reorganizing in response to what happened to Filiberto Ojeda Rios.