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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
December 22, 193722 de diciembre de 1937 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

The Washington daily news

SourceFuente: The Washington daily news · Washington, D.C. · December 22, 193722 de diciembre de 1937
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016181/1937-12-22/ed-1/?sp=2

In contextEn contexto

The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura · 1924–1960

Rafael Trujillo ruled for 31 years. US papers reported the 1930 hurricane that leveled Ciudad Trujillo, the 1937 Haitian massacre, sugar commerce, WWII U-boat sinkings, Tito Mella's Compañía Naviera Dominicana shipping fleet, and Trujillo's Washington lobbying.Rafael Trujillo gobernó durante 31 años. La prensa informó sobre el huracán de 1930, la masacre de 1937, el azúcar, hundimientos de submarinos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la flota de la Compañía Naviera Dominicana de Tito Mella.

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SummaryResumen

The *Washington Daily News* published an account describing violence against Haitians in the Dominican Republic, including an official who discovered four murdered Haitians in Dajabón but was barred by military authorities from investigating or burying them. Refugees fleeing Monte Cristi reported that Dominican rural police marched fifty Haitians onto a wharf and drowned them in the sea. The report added that wholesale arrests followed against all Haitians unable to hide or escape.

El *Washington Daily News* publicó un relato que describía la violencia contra haitianos en la República Dominicana, incluido el caso de un funcionario que descubrió a cuatro haitianos asesinados en Dajabón pero las autoridades militares le impidieron investigar o darles sepultura. Refugiados que huían de Monte Cristi informaron que policías rurales dominicanos condujeron a cincuenta haitianos hacia un muelle y los ahogaron en el mar. El informe añadió que se produjeron detenciones masivas contra todo haitiano incapaz de ocultarse o huir.

A note: the passage found for this article seems to run into the item beside it on the page, so read this summary as a first pass until the article itself is ready.Una nota: el pasaje encontrado para este artículo parece mezclarse con el texto vecino en la página, así que lea este resumen como una primera versión hasta que el artículo mismo esté listo.

Where this standsEn qué punto está

The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

From the original pageDe la página original

The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

the Dominican authorities was so

threatening he felt his life was in

danger." the report continued.

"He

had seen four murdered Haitians on

Oct. in a house in Dajabon but

had not been permitted to make any

investigation or even to bury the

dead. The civil authorities told him

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that it was a matter for the local

military commander to handle, and

when he appealed to the commander

he was advised that the Sanitary

Service would take care of the matter

and that he could not guarantee the

life of any Haitian.”

The report described the arrival of

a group of refugees who had been

hiding at Monte Christi.

"These people stated that on Sun

day night a group of 50 Haitians had

been marched to the wharf at Monte

Christi by a number of Guardia (Do

minican rural police* and thrown into

the sea and drowned,” the writer re

ported.

WHOLESALE ARRESTS

“On the following day wholesale

arrests began of all Haitians unable

to hide themselves or flee during the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Washington daily news. (1937). Washington, D.C., 1937-12-22. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016181/1937-12-22/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Washington daily news, 1937-12-22.

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