a Father and his son in a march where hundreds of independence supporters gathered to remember Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, who died at the hands of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) two years ago.
The Boricua Popular Army —or "Ejército Popular Boricua" in Spanish— is a clandestine organization is located on the island of Puerto Rico, and with cells throughout the United States. They campaign for and support the independence of Puerto Rico from what they characterize as United States colonial rule.
According to federal and international law, as well as the proposed definition of terrorism under the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime, "Los Macheteros" is considered a terrorist organization due to the methods they have employed to further their agenda. "Los Macheteros" denied the allegations