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FILIBERTO OJEDA RIOS COMMANDER/CHIEF BORICUA POPULAR ARMY FBI WANTED POSTER
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UP FOR AUCTION, IS A VERY RARE, ORIGINAL FBI POSTER OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE BORICUA POPULAR ARMY, FILIBERTO OJEDA-RIOS.. OR KNOWN AS THE "LOS MACHETEROS"A TERRORIST GROUP SEEKING PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE.. Ojeda Ríos was a fugitive from 1990 to 2005, wanted by theFBI
for his role in the 1983
Wells Fargo depot robbery
in
West Hartford, Connecticut
, as well as a bail bond default on 23 September 1990, a date that coincided with the anniversary of the
Puerto Rican pro-independence
uprising known as
El Grito de Lares
. On this date in 2005, he was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with FBI agents after they surrounded the house in
Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
where he was living to serve an arrest warrant. The FBI operation was questioned by local Puerto Rican authorities as well as international organizations.
A COLLECTOR'S DREAM, YOU'LL NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE IT.. DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY. ONCE ITS GONE, ITS GONE FOREVER..
PLEASE MAKE US OUR BEST OFFER, WE WILL ACCEPT ANY REASONABLE OFFER.
The killing of Ojeda Ríos was mourned by members of the
Puerto Rican Independence
movement and by some Puerto Ricans in general, who have expressed their indignation through repeated
protests
. Members of the
statehood movement
and
supporters of the Commonwealth
also joined in the criticism of the federal handling of the FBI's shooting incident. THE POSTER IS IN PHENOMENAL CONDITION.. IT WAS ISSUED MARCH 28TH, 1991..
PAYPAL ONLY PLEASE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH..