The Key West citizen
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*The Key West Citizen* reported details of Rafael Trujillo's assassination, describing how gunmen ambushed his car on an oceanfront highway outside the capital. Reports identified former army commander General Juan Tomás Díaz as the leader of the seven-man ambush team that killed the dictator and wounded his chauffeur.
*The Key West Citizen* dio cuenta de pormenores sobre el asesinato de Rafael Trujillo, describiendo cómo hombres armados emboscaron su automóvil en una autopista costera en las afueras de la capital. Los informes identificaron al excomandante del ejército, general Juan Tomás Díaz, como el líder del comando de emboscada de siete hombres que abatió al dictador e hirió a su chofer.
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the assassination was announced.
But it gave no details of the kill
ing and no due to the identity of
the assassins.
A Dominican newsman reported
iHr telephone from Ciudad Trujil*
fo-th* capital city the dictator
renamed in his own honor—that
Trujillo was ambushed by gun
men as he rode along an ocean
front highway outside the capital
Another car forced his to halt.
Several shots were fired from a
“handgun.” ,He was believed to
have died instantly. His chauffeur
was wounded.
Trujillo was armed but “prob*
ably had no time to defend him*
self.” A crack shot, the dictator
once boasted, “The man who
takes a potshot at me had better
be sure of his aim. Otherwise
he'll boa dead man."
Other sources Mid seven per*
in an automobile made the
attack, that two ot the assailants
were caught or killed and the
other five were presumed to have
got away.
NBC correspondent John Hlava*
cek reported from Chidad Trujil
lo that the leader of the band
was Gen. Juan Tomas Diaz, who
was believed to have had a per
sonal grudge against Trujillo.
Dominican exiles in Mexico City
said Diaz was a career soldier
whose sister and her husband fled
to Brazil last year. But Diaz re
portedly continued as army com
mander of the country’s central
zone, at least until last January.
r Communications were broken
ewith Ciudad Trujillo most of
Wednesday but were restored
d 'Continued on Page Four)
'Criminal Court
I, Judge Sentences
‘Baldwin To Pen
Jay John Baldwin, alias Ray
Berry Keth, was sentenced yes
terday in criminal court by Judge
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Record: cr02475-4
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The Key West citizen. (1961). Key West, Fla., 1961-06-01. US/DR Newspaper Timeline, record cr02475-4. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016244/1961-06-01/ed-1/?sp=1
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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Key West citizen, 1961-06-01.