On this day, Nov. 29, in 1998, a Cuban immigrant claimed he was beaten by two police officers in a Miami suburb. The officers, brothers Rolando Bolanos Jr. and Daniel Bolanos, were sons of Hialeah’s then-Police Chief Rolando Bolanos. Yoel Pacheco, a 23-year-old welder with no criminal record, claimed the two men handcuffed him and beat him in a parking lot.
The case illustrated heightened tensions between police and the Cuban community, but in the end, the Bolanos brothers were both acquitted of the charges.
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Last year, Rolando Bolanos Jr. was accused of robbing a bank in the Miami area. Authorities say he made off with $2,400.
Twenty minutes after the robbery, police said Bolanos deposited $2,200 into his bank account.
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