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of an oi t icial Hosnitiicaii icpu M-n

talioii to tin* 1'nited Stales, t'tiba.

Mexico and Hail:, signed h,\ I'o

minieaii Miiii.-ter \udre* I'astoi

i/.a and Manuel de Jesus Toiuoso

de la t'oncho, special Hoinintcan

envoy to the I'nited States.

I.«*sv«»t charged that "women,

even pregnant, were not spared.

children had thei rlieads beaten

against walls, others were mas-a

cred by iheir jailers, still others

were slabbed ill little groups in

the woods." The co»iimini<|Ue also

contained certified copies of tes

timony obtained from e)ewitness

es ol' several of the alleged kill

ings.

Out* woman, .\iariru*'riv«° linn-.

a native of Haiti who engaged hi

farming with her husband ami'

in a section uf the l>o

miuicau Ki'imlilic k n w n as

"Blanc" <l('|iu>vil that she \\a> one

was one of the Haitians forced

out of the neighboring country.

"I came back to 11 i t i because

the section leaders told u< that

Haitians had to return to theii

country," her statement i\ad.

"We left the section in a group.

Wo arrived at 'Mugniie." 1 h* re

we met a sergeant and a number

of meaibeis of the KUal'dia. Tin V

closed lis Up in houses, women,

men and children sepai ately.

Then at daybreak they took the

Htci m ffroups of four, sayinu that

they were xoing to have them i

take a motor truck to make the

trip to Haiti.

"flavin# tini.shed with the men

toward night, they began with the

Womell. They tied us together in

groups of four and ltd us into a

thicket where they began to mas

sacre us with blows from cane

knives. The rope with which I was

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The times-news. (1937). Hendersonville, N.C., 1937-12-23. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86063811/1937-12-23/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The times-news, 1937-12-23.