Hiram Rosado | |
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Born | 1911 |
Died | February 23, 1936 (aged 24/25) |
Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
Political party | Puerto Rican Nationalist Party |
Movement | Puerto Rican Independence |
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Hiram Rosado (1911-February 23, 1936) was a member of the Cadets of the Republic, the paramilitary wing of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party who, together with fellow Cadet Elías Beauchamp, carried out the 1936 assassination of Col. Elisha Francis Riggs, the United States appointed chief of the Puerto Rico Police. Both men were arrested and shot, officially while attempting to escape, at the police headquarters in San Juan. News of the assassinations spread throughout the United States and lead to legislative proposal by U.S. Senator Millard Tydings, to grant independence to Puerto Rico.