Jacinto Gutierrez

Who is Jacinto Gutierrez?

Jacinto Gutiérrez was a University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras campus ROTC cadet who was murdered on March 11, 1971 at the Reserve Officers Training Corps building during a riot by groups opposing the program's presence on the campus. During the riots, two Puerto Rico Police officers, Riot Squad commander Juan Birino Mercado and Sergeant Miguel Rosario Rondón, also lost their lives.

Gutiérrez was a native of Ponce and his remains are buried at the city's La Piedad Cemetery.

His death is frequently commemorated by groups supporting statehood for Puerto Rico.