Biography
Elio Torresola Roura was a Puerto Rican Nationalist from Jayuya — a cousin of Blanca Canales and brother of Griselio Torresola (killed in the November 1, 1950 Blair House attack on President Truman) and Doris Torresola. In the Jayuya Uprising of October 30, 1950 he was one of the town's armed commanders, taking field command after Carlos Irizarry was mortally wounded and directing the burning of the police barracks and the U.S. post office. He was captured on November 2, 1950 and charged with malicious destruction of government property; he was convicted and imprisoned, and died in Jayuya in 1975.
Dávila Marichal quotes accounts of Torresola’s surrender at Coabey and handcuffing by federal agents. He was among the detainees taken to temporary custody in Jayuya before transfer toward Miramar. The account adds capture circumstances without replacing the existing November 2 arrest date.
José Manuel Dávila Marichal, Organizando la revolución: El Ejército Libertador del Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico y la insurrección nacionalista de 1950 (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid doctoral thesis, 2020), physical/printed page 482–483; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4.
