Three weeks later , both entities participated in a march against the measures of the Fortuño administration along groups that fell outside the independence movement , which interrupted the traffic in several routes and converged at Plaza Las Americas ( a mall owned by the Fonalledas family , prominent members of the Puerto Rico Republican Party , to which Fortuño is affiliated ) . The following week the 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire began . The Macheteros felt that expressions made by government functionaries labeling protestors as " terrorists " and the subsequent investigation of the fire as potentially intentional were intended to link separate events and degrade the public perception of the protests . Believing that the federal government could be executing a plan to " escalate the persecution against students ( in reference to animosity between the UPR and the government which eventually led to a strike ) , worker unions and independentists in general " , the EPB warned of four possible ways in which such an approach could benefit the government ; by misdirecting the attention away from the administration , by trying to create a contrast that would portray Fortuño positively , by intimidating potential protestors and by persecuting them . To justify their statement , the organization cited that immediately after the fire began , Fraticelli , Figueroa Sancha , Rodríguez Ema and Santini held a reunion where they established that " it was a good moment to behead the dissident movements "
2009 Cataño oil refinery fire
2009 Cataño oil refinery fire
Boricua Popular Army