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   Griselio Torresola was a Puerto Rican nationalist who tried to assassinate President Harry Truman in 1950. He was killed by a White House policeman who shot him in the head after he wounded several officers.

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   Griselio Torresola was a Puerto Rican nationalist who tried to assassinate President Harry S. Truman in 1950. He was killed by White House Police officer Leslie Coffelt, who was also wounded in the attack.

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   Griselio Torresola (1925 – November 1, 1950) born in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, was one of two Puerto Rican Nationalists who attempted to assassinate United States President Harry Truman.

5. prologue.blogs.archives.gov › 2015/11/01 › the-plotThe Plot to Kill President Truman – Pieces of History

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   Nov 1, 2015 · Griselio Torresola was one of the two men who tried to assassinate President Harry Truman in 1950. He was a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and fired several shots at the White House, killing a Secret Service agent and wounding another.

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6. www.politico.com › story › 2017/11/01Puerto Rican militants try to assassinate Truman, Nov. 1, 1950

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   Nov 1, 2017 · Griselio Torresola was one of the two Puerto Rican Nationalists who shot at President Harry S. Truman outside Blair House. He was killed by a Secret Service officer, while his partner Oscar Collazo was wounded and later imprisoned.

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   Nov 13, 2009 · Griselio Torresola was one of the two Puerto Rican nationalists who tried to kill President Harry S. Truman at the Blair House in 1950. He was shot and killed by a Secret Service agent, while his partner Oscar Collazo was sentenced to life imprisonment by Truman.

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   Who is Griselio Torresola?

   • Twenty-five-year-old Griselio Torresola’s radicalism was almost inbred, as his family had participated in every Puerto Rican revolution for a century. He and his brother, Elio, and two sisters, Angelina and Doris, were devoted to Albizu Campos almost from childhood.

   President Harry S. Truman: Survived Assassination Attempt ... - HistoryNet

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   Who were Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola?

   • On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican pro-independence activists Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman at the Blair House during the renovation of the White House. Both men were stopped before gaining entry to the house.

   Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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   Why did Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo plan to assassinate Truman?

   • In New York City, nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo, after learning of the failure of the October 30 uprising, developed a plan to assassinate President Harry S. Truman in order to raise world attention to the Puerto Rican independence movement and the government's suppression of the uprisings.

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   Who were Torresola & Collazo?

   • Torresola and Collazo belonged to the extremist Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, which sought to gain independence from the United States. The “Independistas” had targeted Truman, though the president backed Puerto Rican autonomy. Truman was taking a midafternoon nap in his second-floor quarters when the shooting began.

   Puerto Rican militants try to assassinate Truman, Nov. 1, 1950

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   Jun 12, 2006 · Griselio Torresola was one of the two men who tried to assassinate President Harry S. Truman at the Blair House in 1950. He was a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, which advocated independence from the United States by violent means.