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e. The 1954 United States Capitol shooting was an attack on March 1, 1954, by four Puerto Rican nationalists seeking to promote Puerto Rican independence from the United States. They fired 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols onto the legislative floor from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber ...
Lolita Lebrón. Lolita Lebrón (November 19, 1919 – August 1, 2010) was a Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes after carrying out an armed attack on the United States Capitol in 1954, which resulted in the wounding of five members of the United States Congress. She was released from prison in 1979 ...
[8] Gómez was arrested by Dominican authorities on June 28, 2019. [35] Following his arrest, it was reported that Gomez was now the suspected mastermind of the shooting. [35] [36] [37] In a news conference on June 30, Dominican authorities said the price for the shooting was $30,000 and not $7,800 as previously claimed. [38]
January 16, 2024 at 7:49 AM. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Five people were killed in a drive-by shooting in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, forcing authorities to close a portion of a highway ...
According to police estimates, 28 people were killed and 50 were wounded in the uprising, including in Utuado and elsewhere in Puerto Rico. 16 Nationalists, 8 police officers and soldiers, and 4 civilians were killed. After the Nationalists were forced to surrender, the Puerto Rican government arrested thousands of people supporting independence.
The Nationalists regrouped and launched another attack on March 1, 1954. Lolita Lebrón, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irvin Flores Rodríguez went to the public gallery of the House of Representatives and unfurled a Puerto Rican flag, and then began shooting at members of Congress, who were debating an immigration bill ...
v. t. e. On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican pro-independence activists Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman at the Blair House during the renovation of the White House. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Both men were stopped before gaining entry to the house. Torresola mortally wounded White House Police officer ...
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