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The Puerto Rico Practical Shooting Association is the Puerto Rican association for practical shooting under the International Practical Shooting Confederation. [1]
USA Shooting, (USAS) international member of ISSF. Puerto Rico (US) Puerto Rico Practical Shooting Association, international member of IPSC. Puerto Rico Handgun and Rifle Association (Fed. de Tiro de Armas Cortas y Rifles de Puerto R.), international member of ISSF.
She stood up and shouted, "¡Viva Puerto Rico libre!" (approximately, "Long live a free Puerto Rico!") and unfurled the flag of Puerto Rico. [11] The group opened fire with semi-automatic pistols toward the Representatives below. [12] Some 30 shots were fired (mostly by Cancel, according to his account), wounding five lawmakers. [13]
Elías Beauchamp (June 8, 1908 – February 23, 1936) was a member of the Cadets of the Republic, the paramilitary wing of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.Beauchamp is best known for having assassinated Col. Elisha Francis Riggs, the United States appointed chief of the Puerto Rico Police, along with fellow Cadet Hiram Rosado.
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, police said Tuesday.
On October 14, 2019, six people were killed during a shootout between drug gangs in a gun battle at the Ernesto Ramos Antonini de Río Piedras residential apartments in the Río Piedras area of San Juan, Puerto Rico. [1] [2] [3] The shooting led to alarm partly because it followed an earlier shooting in the same area that resulted in 2 deaths. [4]
Name Date Location Deaths Notes Río Piedras massacre: 1935-10-24 Río Piedras: 5 [1]Ponce massacre: 1937-03-21 Ponce: 21 [2]Utuado uprising: 1950-10-30 Utuado
The most decorated Hispanic soldier in history, distinguished himself in combat during the Korean War as a member of Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry. [24] Carlos Fernando Chardón, Major General, Puerto Rico National Guard. Secretary of State of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973 and the Puerto Rico Adjutant General from 1973 to 1975.