Hiram Rosado

Hiram Rosado
Hiram Rosado (1936)
Born1911
DiedFebruary 23, 1936 (aged 24/25)
Cause of deathExecution by shooting
Political partyPuerto Rican Nationalist Party
MovementPuerto Rican Independence

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.