List of massacres in the Dominican Republic explained
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the Dominican Republic (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Victims | Notes |
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Beheadings of Moca | 1805 | Present-day Dominican Republic | estimated 900 (500 at Moca),[1] (400 at Santiago)[2] | Civilians of Santiago and Moca | The massacre was headed by Jean Jacques Dessalines and Henri Cristophe who led Haitian troops. There was also massive property damage. |
Parsley massacre | October 1937 | Northern frontier | 12,000–38,000[3] [4] | Haitian immigrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent | The massacre was committed by the Dominican army under Rafael Trujillo in the borderlands. |
El Desalojo (The Eviction) | 1938 | Southern frontier | Hundreds[5] | Haitian immigrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent | Dominican civilians reportedly cooperated in the killing. |
Palma Sola massacre | December 1962 | Palma Sola | 600–800 | Leaders of the religious Liborista movement and their followers. | The Dominican military dropped napalm on the Liboristas from airplanes – burning six hundred people to death. |
Operation Limpieza | May 1965 | Santo Domingo | Unknown[6] | Suspected rebels | The mass killings were committed by the government of Gen. Antonio Imbert. |
1984 April riots | April 1984 | Dominican Republic | 125-200[7] | civilians | accepted that more than 125 people died, but press sources at the time claimed that the death toll exceeded 200, since the hospital morgues were not enough, the hospital emergencies were full of wounded and all the police and military crews full of detainees and beaten. |
Higüey Prison fire | 6-7 March 2005 | Higüey Prison, Higüey | 136-137 | prisoners | A fight between inmates ends with a fire caused by the fire in the mattresses[8] [9] |
Los Alcarrizos massacre | August 20, 2022 | Los Alcarrizos, Santo Domingo province | 4 | civilians | 1 injured[10] [11] [12] | |
Notes and References
- Book: Schoenrich, Otto . Santo Domingo A Country with a Future . 2013 . 978-3-8491-9198-6 . 863932373.
- Pons . Frank Moya . The Haitian Revolution in Santo Domingo (1789-1809) . Jahrbuch für Geschichte Lateinamerikas . Boehlau Verlag Ges.m.b.H. & Co. KG . 28 . 1 . 1991 . 2194-3680 . 10.7767/jbla.1991.28.1.125 . 155.
- Book: Migrant Revolutions: Haitian Literature, Globalization, and U.S. Imperialism. Lexington Books. 978-0-7391-3016-2. 133. Kaussen. Valerie. 2007.
- Book: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. 428.
- Book: Turits. Richard Lee. Foundations of Despotism: Peasants, the Trujillo Regime, and Modernity in Dominican History. 2004. Stanford University Press. 169. 9780804751056 .
- News: Dominican Atrocities Uncovered. Madera Tribune. August 13, 1965. December 13, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224536/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19650813.2.90. December 3, 2017. dead.
- News: 35 años después, la poblada de abril está en el subconsciente del Estado - Diario Libre . 22 April 2023. Diario Libre. 23 April 2019.
- News: Hace nueve años del incendio en cárcel de Higüey que dejó 137 muertos - Diario Libre. 14 August 2023. Diario Libre. 5 March 2014.
- News: A 16 años del incendio en la cárcel de Higüey donde murieron 136 reclusos - El Tiempo. 14 August 2023. eltiempo.com.do. 5 March 2021.
- Web site: A bloody weekend. 22 August 2022. 29 December 2023. Dominican Today.
- Web site: Masacre en Los Alcarrizos; policía mata a 4 y hiere a menor de edad . 21 August 2023. 29 December 2023. www.elcaribe.com.do. Herrera. Dalton. Spanish.
- Web site: Tras casi seis meses, hoy se conoce juicio a agente de la Digesett que mató 4 personas en Los Alcarrizos - N Digital. 14 February 2023. 29 December 2023. n.com.do. Spanish.