▁would ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁spot light ▁in ▁roughly ▁four - year ▁intervals , ▁coinc iding ▁with ▁each ▁general ▁election ▁in ▁Puerto ▁Rico . ▁ ▁At ▁his ▁initial ▁stages ▁in ▁" Los ▁Ray os ▁G amma ", ▁Log ro ño ▁created ▁a ▁character ▁that ▁seemed ▁to ▁light en ▁up ▁the ▁abs urd ity ▁and ▁gravity ▁of ▁another ▁character , ▁played ▁by ▁Mor ales , ▁that ▁was ▁in ▁turn ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁real - life ▁incident . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁Dr . ▁Corn el ius ▁P . ▁R ho ads , ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁health ▁services ▁for ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Trop ical ▁Medicine ▁in ▁San ▁Juan , ▁wrote ▁a ▁few ▁letters ▁to ▁friends ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁described ▁his ▁hat red ▁for ▁Puerto ▁Ric ans . ▁Whether ▁the ▁letters ▁were ▁in ▁jest ▁or ▁not , ▁he ▁claimed ▁in ▁them ▁to ▁have ▁impl anted ▁cancer ▁cells ▁in ▁local ▁subjects ▁without ▁their ▁consent . ▁One ▁of ▁these ▁letters ▁was ▁intercept ed ▁by ▁affili ates ▁to ▁Pedro ▁Alb iz u ▁Cam pos ' s ▁National ist ▁Party ▁of ▁Puerto ▁Rico , ▁and ▁Alb iz u ▁veh ement ly ▁den ounced ▁R ho ades ▁as ▁an ▁un eth ical ▁and ▁sad istic ▁doctor ▁who ▁treated ▁his ▁patients ▁as ▁gu inea ▁p igs . ▁At ▁their ▁television ▁show , ▁Mor ales ▁played ▁a ▁desc endant ▁of ▁R ho ads , ▁" Dr . ▁Corn el ius ▁Rod as "; ▁Log ro ño ▁played ▁his ▁assistant , ▁Ig or , ▁we