List of massacres in the Dominican Republic

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the Dominican Republic (numbers may be approximate):

NameDateLocationDeathsVictimsNotes
Beheadings of Moca 1805Present-day Dominican Republicestimated 900 (500 at Moca), [1] (400 at Santiago) [2] Civilians of Santiago and Moca [1] The massacre was headed by Jean Jacques Dessalines and Henri Cristophe who led Haitian troops. There was also massive property damage.
Parsley massacre October 1937Northern frontier12,000–38,000 [3] [4] Haitian immigrants and Dominicans of Haitian descentThe massacre was committed by the Dominican army under Rafael Trujillo in the borderlands.
El Desalojo (The Eviction)1938Southern frontierHundreds [5] Haitian immigrants and Dominicans of Haitian descentDominican civilians reportedly cooperated in the killing.
Palma Sola massacre December 1962 Palma Sola 600–800Leaders 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 rebelsThe mass killings were committed by the government of Gen. Antonio Imbert.
1984 April riots April 1984Dominican Republic125-200 [7] civiliansaccepted 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 2005Higüey Prison, Higüey 136-137prisonersA fight between inmates ends with a fire caused by the fire in the mattresses [8] [9]
Los Alcarrizos massacreAugust 20, 2022 Los Alcarrizos, Santo Domingo province 4civilians1 injured [10] [11] [12]

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  5. ↑ Turits, Richard Lee (2004). Foundations of Despotism: Peasants, the Trujillo Regime, and Modernity in Dominican History. Stanford University Press. p. 169. ISBN   9780804751056.
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  10. ↑ "A bloody weekend". Dominican Today . 22 August 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Herrera, Dalton (21 August 2023). "Masacre en Los Alcarrizos; policía mata a 4 y hiere a menor de edad". www.elcaribe.com.do (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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