Angel Rodríguez Cristobal, a leader of the Puerto Rican Socialist League, was murdered by the U.S. Government for defending the territorial integrity of Vieques as part of Puerto Rico. He was arrested in Vieques on May 21, 1979, with 20 other activists and, after trial proceedings, was transferred to Tallahassee Federal Prison, where he was brutally murdered Sunday, November 11, 1979.
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