# BoricuaReceipts Source Packet - El año terrible del 87

Date: 2026-08-29
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## Public Title

`El año terrible del 87`

## Source-Safe Thesis

In 1887, Puerto Rican autonomist organizing met Spanish colonial repression. EnciclopediaPR names the Boicotizadora, the persecution and torture known as Los Compontes, the imprisonment of principal leaders in El Morro, and the period remembered by historians as the año terrible del 87.

## Primary Source Stack

### 1. EnciclopediaPR: Breve historia de Puerto Rico

URL: https://enciclopediapr.org/content/breve-historia-de-puerto-rico/

## Usable Claims

- EnciclopediaPR says the Partido Autonomista was founded in Teatro La Perla in 1887.
- EnciclopediaPR says the Boicotizadora emerged that same year and promoted boycotting Spanish businesses while supporting Puerto Rican businesses.
- EnciclopediaPR says the Spanish government responded with persecution and torture against autonomists known as Los Compontes and imprisoned principal leaders in El Morro.

## Guardrails

- Do not describe specific torture methods unless separately sourced.
- Do not turn autonomists into independentists without a source-specific distinction.
- Keep the point on colonial repression against political and economic organizing.

## Related Local Packet

- `/Users/rjai/deliverables/puerto-rico-history-channel/posting/los-compontes-1887-source-lock-2026-08-18.md`