Rafael Dones
Rafael "Rafy" Dones (died in 1984)
Accusations
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
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
- List of Puerto Ricans
- Alex Trujillo
- Edsel Torres Gomez
- Papo Cachete
- Illegal drug trade in Puerto Rico
References
- ^ rchive.org/stream/RAE--LosMacheteros--porArmandoAndrer--EdicioinRAE--2014/RAE—Los%20Macheteros—por%20Armando%20André—Edición%20RAE—2014_djvu.txt
- ^ "Historias". YouTube.
- ^ "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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