Filiberto Ojeda Ríos

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Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
BornApril 26, 1933
Río Blanco, Puerto Rico
DiedSeptember 23, 2005
Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
Cause of deathMurder by the FBI
NationalityPuerto Rican
Political orientationAnti-colonialism, Marxism
Political partyPartido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Puertorriqueños, PRTP (Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party)


Filiberto Ojeda Ríos (April 26, 1933 – September 23, 2005) was a Puerto Rican independence fighter who founded the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (Armed Forces of National Liberation, FALN) and helped form the Movimiento Independentista Revolucionario Armado (Armed Revolutionary Independence Movement, MIRA). The FBI murdered him in 2005 with a force of 300 agents, two helicopters, and 30 land vehicles.[1]

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  1. "Justice for Ojeda Ríos!" (2005-12-01). Fight Back! News. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2023-02-05.