Rafael Dones
Rafael "Rafy" Dones Arroyo (1944-1984)[1] was a Puerto Rican alleged drug dealer and independence advocate. Rafy Dones was known for allegedly being one of the first "bichotes"- or drug lords-in Puerto Rico.[2] Dones was friends with Filiberto Ojeda Rios, and he was alleged to have had connections to Los Macheteros, a clandestine militant and insurgent organization that advocates for Puerto Rico's independence from the United States.
Accusations
[edit]Dones was accused of drug dealing in 1974. Pablo Padilla, who was to be a witness in Dones' trial, was murdered on December 14 of that year, three days before he was to take the stand in the trial against Dones.
In 1977, Dones was accused of being the intellectual author of Padilla's murder. The Padilla murder case received substantial attention on Puerto Rican press, to the point that Dones' lawyers asked for a mistrial based on their belief that the case's jurors were allowed to read articles about it on newspapers such as El Vocero. Their motion was denied.[3]
Death
[edit]Dones was gunned down in 1984 as he was leaving a hospital, where he had gone to a rehab center to treat an addiction to methadone that he had developed.
See also
[edit]- List of Puerto Ricans
- Alex Trujillo
- Edsel Torres Gomez
- Papo Cachete
- Jaime Davila Reyes
- Illegal drug trade in Puerto Rico
References
[edit]- ^ rchive.org/stream/RAE--LosMacheteros--porArmandoAndrer--EdicioinRAE--2014/RAE—Los%20Macheteros—por%20Armando%20André—Edición%20RAE—2014_djvu.txt
- ^ "Historias". YouTube. 24 February 2022.
- ^ "Pueblo v. Dones Arroyo, 106 P.R. Dec. 303 (1977) Sept. 30, 1977 · Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · Número: CR-76-185 106 P.R. Dec. 303". cite.case.law (in Spanish). PER curiam.
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