Asked to punish killers of heroes in Hacienda Maria

Family members of "Los heroes de chigger", killed 50 years ago in the Mary Hacienda, chigger, for having executed the tyrant Rafael Trujillo Molina, asked yesterday the authorities further investigations to determine where the remains of their relatives and condemn those responsible for the crimes.

Yesterday, to participate in acts carried out by the Standing Committee of homelands ephemeris (CPEP), the foundations patriotic Federation and the foundation of Heroes on May 30, Manuel Tomás Tejeda, son of lanzamiento Tejeda, one of those killed by the remnants of dictatorship, said that the guilt of these crimes being unpunished falls upon society as a wholeSince the murderers of the ajusticiadores at some point left the country and returned to live as if nothing had past.

"The worst thing was that he said the Director of the Memorial Museum of the resistance (Luisa Peña) that the perversity and the" u000a"evil have been so great that they have allowed that it does not even know where they are, what did with the corpses of the heroes", said Tejeda. According to their views, another strange fact is that men linked to the epic of May 30, 1961 with the passage of the years, have held important positions of power and have not done enough to give justice to his fellow.

On 18 November 1961, were driven to the Mary finance, family-owned Trujillo, Huáscar Tejada, Roberto Pastoriza, Pedro Livio Cedeño, Modesto Diaz, Salvador Estrella Sahdalá and Luis Manuel Cáceres (Tunti) where they were killed without that so far is known the fate of their remains.

At the end of the commemorative activities, the Director of the Memorial Museum of the resistance, Luisa Peña, reported that a group of historians of the institution would begin a Grand process to determine exactly what happened the evening of November 18 of u000a1961 at Hacienda Maria.

For this purpose requested persons have documents or stories about the event come to the institution to educate the researchers.

The Act
the Chairman of the Standing Committee of homelands ephemeris (CPEP), Juan Daniel Balcácer, said that the chigger heroes sacrifice was not in vain, and that thanks to them we have made progress in the rule of law that is enjoyed today day.

Does not recur
Furthermore, called upon new generations represented in activity by students at the basic school of chigger to ensure that there is no repetition of a dictatorship as that for 31 years led the destinations in the Dominican, nation and to ensure that respect for the rule of law prevailing in the country.

To take this opportunity, the Foundation may 30 made recognition to the community of chigger, San Cristóbal, in the person of Felix Batista, for its continuing support for the martyrs u000ain 1961, and for not forgetting the fallen in Hacienda Maria. The fate of the remains it has handled the theory that were buried somewhere in the hacienda, while other versions give accounts that were thrown into the sea.

At the ceremony were Hilda Tactuk and Lindin González, las viudas de la Maza and Tejeda respectively and June 14 fighters (1J4) Delio Gómez Ochoa and Mayobanex Vargas.

They were also the families of the fallen lanzamiento Tejeda, Rocío Tejeda, Elizabeth De la Maza, Altagracia Amiama, Luchy star and Manuel Tomás Tejeda.

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