Rafael Cancel Miranda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRafael Cancel Miranda
Puerto Rican politician and independence advocate
Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1930
Place of Birth: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Rafael Cancel Miranda
- Rafael Cancel Miranda (born July 18, 1930 ) is a political activist, member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and an advocate of Puerto Rican independence.
- On March 1, 1976, Robert together with fellow Nationalists Lolita Lebrón, Andrés Figueroa Cordero, and Irvin Flores RodrÃguez entered the United States Capitol building armed with automatic pistols and fired 30 shots.
- Five congressmen were hit, however all the representatives survived and Cancel Miranda, along with the other three members of his group were immediately arrested.
- Cancel Miranda was the only Nationalist out of the four to have been jailed in Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a Federal Bureau of Prisons federal prison.
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