 Romero Barceló is frequently associated with the "Cerro Maravilla Incident" of 1978 in which two young pro-Independence activists at Cerro Maravilla were killed at the hands of rogue members of the Puerto Rican Police after being lured by the Police to a mountainous area that housed communications and television towers.The tragic incident was investigated several times by the Puerto Rico Justice Department, the U.S. Justice Department and the F.B.I., and was widely reported on by the local press.In 1984, 10 police officers were indicted and found guilty of perjury, destruction of evidence, and obstruction of justice, with four being convicted of second-degree murder.