| Arnaldo Darío Rosado | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 November 1953 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Died | July 25, 1978 (aged 24) Jayuya, Puerto Rico |
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 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 factory.
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.