Six San Juan Municipal Police Department Officers Indicted for Federal Civil Rights Violations in the Death of a Puerto Rico Man

A grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico indicted six San Juan Municipal Police Department officers for federal civil rights violations, the Department of Justice announced today. The indictment alleges that in July 2003, six officers - Eliezer Rivera Gonzalez, Juan Morales Rosado, Jose Pacheco Cruz, Carlos Pagan Ferrer, Elias Perocier Morales, and Aaron Vidal Maldonado - violated Jose Antonio Rivera Robles’ civil rights by kicking, punching and otherwise assaulting him, resulting in his death. “*

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