Assassination Rafael Trujillo

memorial heroes of 30th of may , 1993 sculpture silvano lora along autopista 30 de mayo trujillo shot

on tuesday, 30 may 1961, trujillo shot , killed when blue 1957 chevrolet bel air ambushed on road outside dominican capital. victim of ambush plotted number of men, among them general juan tomás díaz, pedro livio cedeño, antonio de la maza, amado garcía guerrero , general antonio imbert barrera. plotters, however, failed take control later-to-be-executed general josé ( pupo ) román betrayed co-conspirators inactivity, , contingency plans had not been made. on other side, johnny abbes, roberto figueroa carrión, , trujillo family, put sim work hunt members of plot, , brought ramfis trujillo paris step father s shoes. response sim swift , brutal. hundreds of suspects detained, many tortured. on 18 november last executions took place when 6 of conspirators executed in hacienda maria massacre . imbert 1 of 7 assassins survived manhunt. co-conspirator named luis amiama tio survived.

trujillo s funeral of statesman long procession ending in hometown of san cristóbal, body first buried. president joaquín balaguer gave eulogy. efforts of trujillo family keep control of country failed. military uprising on 19 november of rebellion of pilots , threat of american intervention set final stage , ended trujillo regime. ramfis tried flee father s body upon boat angelita, turned back. balaguer allowed ramfis leave country , relocate father s body paris. there remains interred in cimetière du père lachaise on 14 august 1964, , 6 years later moved el pardo cemetery near madrid, spain.

the role of central intelligence agency in killing has been debated. imbert insists plotters acted on own. in report deputy attorney general of united states, cia officials described agency having no active part in assassination , faint connection groups planned killing. internal cia memorandum states 1973 office of inspector general investigation trujillo s murder disclosed quite extensive agency involvement plotters. weapons of assassins included 3 m1 carbines had been supplied approval of cia. president john f. kennedy learned of trujillo s death during diplomatic meeting french president charles de gaulle.