MURDER UNDER TWO FLAGS. The US, Puerto Rico, and the Cerro Maravilla Cover-up

Hardback. On July 25, 1978, two young men were killed by Puerto Rican police on top of a mountain called Cerro Maravilla. The police claimed the boys were terrorists, that they had died in a shoot-out. Now, initial doubts about the official story exploded into conclusive evidence of a major scandal involving the police, the former pro-statehood governor, and even the US Department of Justice and the FBI. Before the case closed, nine policemen would be tried for murder. One of a handful of journalists who probed beyond official accounts, the author tells the whole story of these two idealistic 'independentistas' who became unwitting victims of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood government. But this is more than a story of crime and corruption with serious political overtones. Using the Cerro Maravilla tragedy as the point of departure, the author provides much needed appraisal of US-Puerto Rican relations past and 'present' - from 1898 US invasion to today's poverty, racial tensions, and political controversies. Illus., Appendix, Notes and Index. 269pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. P.141 has 3 underlinings to text, as a result of an error by the author regarding the age of Carlos Enrique Soto, and also p.98 with a date error, o/w Nr. F. in vg+ dw.