1937: Masacre de Ponce
MovieTitle | 1937: Masacre de Ponce |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jan 2, 2002 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Jaime Hamilton |
Production country | Puerto Rico |
Production companies | Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública |
Run time | 55 min. |
The Ponce Massacre took place on March 21, 1937 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, when a peaceful civilian march turned into a police shooting. 19 civilians and two policemen were killed, with more than 200 others wounded. It remains the largest massacre in post-Spanish imperial history in Puerto Rico.