The United States Used Puerto Rican Soldiers as Guinea Pigs

bandera_boricuaThe Pentagon used Puerto Rican soldiers for experiments with mustard gas during the second world war, as confirmed by an investigation by National Public Radio and reported today in the United States.

Military Puerto Ricans, who were obliged to serve the armed forces of the United States, were part of about 60 thousand soldiers used as guinea pigs alongside fellow Americans and Japanese, according to the information.

The purpose of the Pentagon was to test the impact of mustard gas on humans and that of other chemical agents.

National Public Radio also stated that the above-mentioned military were subjected to experiments with mustard gas because of their racial or ethnic origin.

War veteran Puerto Rican Juan López Negrón, of 95 years, told the radio network that it was part of the trials of the San Jose project.

Along with other soldiers, as reported by Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día, he was sent to the jungle and bombarded from U.S. military planes with mustard gas.

At his side they also placed rabbits, which died when receiving the chemical agent, according to Negrón López.

“We had uniforms to protect us, but the animals did not, (so) all died”, he states.

He added that, like other soldiers, he was burned and spent three weeks in the hospital because they became ill.

The Pentagon admitted in the past that he had performed experiments exposing their soldiers to biological agents and to the effects of nuclear weapons.

The information had been documented in an article by the historian on Medical Affairs Susan Smith, of the University of Alberta, in Canada in 2008.

For years, it was reported that hundreds of Puerto Rican soldiers who served in the armed forces of the United States have been subjected to experiments, even with the Agent Orange, used in the war of aggression to Viet Nam. (PL)

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