Arnaldo Darío Rosado
Encyclopedia
Arnaldo Darío Rosado Torres (November 23, 1953 – July 25, 1978) was an activist for the independence
of Puerto Rico
from a very young age. On July 25, 1978 he was killed by police officers (along with friend Carlos Soto Arriví
) after being lured into bombing the communication towers on Cerro Maravilla by undercover
agent, Alejandro González Malavé
.
The killing of both men spawned a decades-long case (see Maravilla Hill case) that to this date has not been fully solved yet.
.
Rosado was an autodidact, and he was an avid reader of various kinds of literature
, especially those related to the political processes of Puerto Rico and Latin America
. He also wrote poems, essays, and had several pen-pals friends throughout Latin America.
From a very young age, Rosado identified with the cause of Puerto Rico's independence. He joined the socialist league with which he participated in several activities.
In 1978 he was enticed into bombing the communication towers on top of Cerro Maravilla, along with his friend Carlos Soto Arriví, by undercover
agent Alejandro González Malavé. It was there where both men were ambushed, tortured, and killed after being disarmed and having surrendered to the agent provocateur
and the other policemen present. Said information was confirmed by various policemen who confessed to having participated in the murder of these members of the Puerto Rican independence movement
Dario Rosado was married to Angela Rivera, and had a son called Manuel Lenín Rosado Rivera. The 1988 motion picture A Show of Force
was loosely based on events related to his death and the cover-up of the scandal.
Independence
Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory....
of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
from a very young age. On July 25, 1978 he was killed by police officers (along with friend Carlos Soto Arriví
Carlos Soto Arriví
Carlos Enrique Soto Arriví was an activist for the independence of Puerto Rico. On July 25, 1978 he was killed by police officers after being lured into bombing the communication towers on Cerro Maravilla by undercover agent, Alejandro González Malavé.The killing of both men spawned a...
) after being lured into bombing the communication towers on Cerro Maravilla by undercover
Undercover
Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence...
agent, Alejandro González Malavé
Alejandro González Malavé
Alejandro González Malavé was a Puerto Rican undercover agent who gained infamy with the Cerro Maravilla case scandal.González Malavé, an outspoken university political leader, graduated as a policeman in 1979, the same year he went to work undercover...
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The killing of both men spawned a decades-long case (see Maravilla Hill case) that to this date has not been fully solved yet.
Biography
Rosado was born on November 23, 1953, in Old San Juan. His parents were Pablo Rosado and Juana Torres Aymat. Rosado finished his high school studies and went to work at a cracker factoryFactory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
.
Rosado was an autodidact, and he was an avid reader of various kinds of literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, especially those related to the political processes of Puerto Rico and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. He also wrote poems, essays, and had several pen-pals friends throughout Latin America.
From a very young age, Rosado identified with the cause of Puerto Rico's independence. He joined the socialist league with which he participated in several activities.
In 1978 he was enticed into bombing the communication towers on top of Cerro Maravilla, along with his friend Carlos Soto Arriví, by undercover
Undercover
Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence...
agent Alejandro González Malavé. It was there where both men were ambushed, tortured, and killed after being disarmed and having surrendered to the agent provocateur
Agent provocateur
Traditionally, an agent provocateur is a person employed by the police or other entity to act undercover to entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act...
and the other policemen present. Said information was confirmed by various policemen who confessed to having participated in the murder of these members of the Puerto Rican independence movement
Puerto Rican independence movement
The Puerto Rican independence movement refers to initiatives throughout the history of Puerto Rico aimed at obtaining independence for the Island, first from Spain, and then from the United States...
Dario Rosado was married to Angela Rivera, and had a son called Manuel Lenín Rosado Rivera. The 1988 motion picture A Show of Force
A Show of Force
A Show of Force is a 1990 thriller, directed by Bruno Barreto. The film is based on events and theories surrounding the Maravilla Hill case in Puerto Rico adapted from Anne Nelson's book, "Murder Under Two Flags."-Plot:...
was loosely based on events related to his death and the cover-up of the scandal.
External links
- Arnaldo Darío Rosado on Find A GraveFind A GraveFind a Grave is a commercial website providing free access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1998 as a DBA and incorporated in 2000.-History:...