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):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Victims | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beheadings of Moca | 1805 | Present-day Dominican Republic | estimated 900 (500 at Moca),[1] (400 at Santiago)[2] | Civilians of Santiago de los Caballeros 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 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. |
| Assassination of Mirabal sisters | 25 November 1960 | La Cumbre, between Santiago and Puerto Plata.[6] | 4 | Mirabal sisters | Three of the Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa, outspoken opponents of dictator Rafael Trujillo, along with their driver Rufino de la Cruz were killed by Military Intelligence Service (SIM). They were stopped, beaten and strangled to death[7] |
| 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[8] | Suspected rebels | The mass killings were committed by the government of Gen. Antonio Imbert. |
| 1984 April riots | April 1984 | Dominican Republic | 125-200[9] | 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[10][11] |
| Los Alcarrizos massacre | August 20, 2022 | Los Alcarrizos, Santo Domingo province | 4 | civilians | 1 injured[12][13][14] |