Eleuterio Maldonado-Afanador

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127

Felonious

End of Watch October 5, 1974

Age 36

The Vigil Panel 114 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 363

Incident

Officer Maldonado-Afanador was stabbed to death by several suspects on horses who would not let him pass in his car. When he got out of his car to ask them to move, they stabbed him.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Maldonado-Afanador served with the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Maldonado-Afanador.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Puerto Rico Police Department

Location San Juan, 127

Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 5, 1974

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

Offender Not available

Policeman Eleuterio Maldonado-Afanador is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In 127, 294 of 388 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75.8% of this state's fallen. That is 21.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Puerto Rico Police Department, 279 of 364 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 76.6% of this agency's fallen.

Puerto Rico Police Department

279

of 364 officers

76.6% Felonious

127 — Statewide

294

of 388 officers

75.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious