authorities to where they were hiding. The men refused to surrender and eventually were executed. Mathias Brugman died in the town of Yauco, Puerto Rico in 1868. See also List of Puerto Ricans Jewish immigration to Puerto Rico History of the Jews in Puerto Rico References External links Brugman 1812 births 1868 deaths People from New Orleans Puerto Rican Jews Puerto Rican rebels Imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activists Puerto Rican independence activists Puerto Rican people of Dutch descent 19th-century Puerto Rican people 19th-century Sephardi Jews