Puerto Rican-American general (died 2005)

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos was a Puerto Rican independence activist who cofounded the Boricua Popular Army, also known as Los Macheteros, and its predecessor, the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN). In 1990, Ojeda Ríos became a fugitive of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), wanted for his role in the 1983 Águila Blanca heist, which netted more than US$7 million, as well as a bail bond default on September 23 of that year. On September 23, 2005, he was killed during an exchange of gunfire with FBI agents after they surrounded the house in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico.

Born

1933

April 26

Died

2005

Era

1930s

Country

—

About

Filiberto, in brief

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Life timeline

Key dates

1933 Born
2005 Died

Also on April 26

What else happened on this day, through history

1289 Following weeks of bombardment, the city of Tripoli falls to the Mamluks under Qalawun. The Mamluks massacre all men they find and enslave the women and children.
1326 The kingdom of France and the kingdom of Scotland agree on a treaty of mutual aid at Corbeil.
1336 Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux.
1478 The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral.

See all of April 26 →

The world in 1933

When Filiberto arrived

april 1 The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
april 24 Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
april 25 Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.
april 26 The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established by Hermann Göring.

Read the year 1933 →

Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 26

Carol Burnett 1933– American actress, singer, and producer Esek Hopkins 1718–1802 American commander (died 1802) Gary Wright 1943– American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2023) Hack Wilson 1900– American baseball player (died 1948) John James Audubon 1785–1851 French-American ornithologist and painter (died 1851) Kristen R. Ghodsee 1970– American ethnographer and academic Melania Trump 1970– Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States Michael Smith 1932–2000 English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000) Paul-Émile Léger 1904–1991 Canadian cardinal (died 1991)

See everything on April 26 →

Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1933

Aquilino Pimentel 1933– Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2019) Asha Bhosle 1933–2026 Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality (born 1933) Bapu 1933–2014 Indian director and screenwriter (born 1933) Bob Rafelson 1933– American film director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) Carol Burnett 1933– American actress, singer, and producer Cissy Houston 1933–2024 American singer (born 1933) Claudio Abbado 1933–2014 Italian conductor (born 1933) Danny Aiello 1933–2019 American actor (born 1933) Dom DeLuise 1933–2009 American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2009)

Read about the year 1933 →

Keep going

More to explore

Filiberto's birthday April 26 Filiberto's zodiac Taurus When Filiberto arrived 1933