| Jacinto Gutiérrez | |
| Birth Date: | c. 25 July 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Death Date: | 11 March 1971 (age 20) |
| Death Place: | Río Piedras, Puerto Rico |
| Resting Place: | Cementerio La Piedad Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Nationality: | Puerto Rican |
| Other Names: | Junior |
| Known For: | Victim of homicide Statehood movement in Puerto Rico |
Jacinto Gutiérrez born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was a University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras campus Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadet who was murdered on 11 March 1971 at the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps building during a riot by groups opposing the program's presence on the campus.[1] During the riots, two Puerto Rico Police officers, Riot Squad commander Juan Birino Mercado and Sergeant Miguel Rosario Rondón, also lost their lives.[2] [3] No one has ever been charged with his killing.[4] [5]
Gutiérrez was buried in his hometown of Ponce at Cementerio La Piedad. His death is frequently commemorated by groups supporting statehood for Puerto Rico.[6]