The Nation : Puerto Rico Threat Issued
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A Puerto Rican independence group that has claimed responsibility for shooting a U.S. Army major threatened to “fill the cemeteries” with other military recruiters. The Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution, which has claimed at least five other attacks on U.S. personnel or installations, said Maj. Michael Snyder was ambushed to protest a visit to the U.S. commonwealth by FBI Director William H. Webster. Snyder remained hospitalized with gunshot wounds to the abdomen.
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