List of massacres in the Dominican Republic

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

Name Date Location Deaths Victims Notes
Massacre of Moca 1805 Present-day Dominican Republic 500 Dominicans
Parsley massacre October 1937 Northern frontier 12,000–38,000[1][2] 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[3] 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[4] Suspected rebels The mass killings were committed by the government of Gen. Antonio Imbert.


References
  1. Kaussen, Valerie (2007). Migrant Revolutions: Haitian Literature, Globalization, and U.S. Imperialism. Lexington Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-7391-3016-2.
  2. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. p. 428.
  3. Turits, Richard Lee (2004). Foundations of Despotism: Peasants, the Trujillo Regime, and Modernity in Dominican History. Stanford University Press. p. 169.
  4. "Dominican Atrocities Uncovered". Madera Tribune. August 13, 1965. Archived from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
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