Parsley massacre
1937 CE.
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The Parsley massacre (Spanish: Masacre del Perejil; French: Massacre du Persil; Haitian Creole: Masak nan Pèsil), often colloquially called the Cutting (Spanish: el corte; Haitian Creole: kout kouto-a), was a mass killing of Haitians living in settlements and occupied land in the Dominican Republic's northwestern frontier and in certain parts of the contiguous Cibao region in October 1937. Dominican Army troops from different areas of the country carried out the massacre on the orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. As a result of the massacre, virtually the entire Haitian population in the Dominican frontier was either killed or forced to flee across the border. Many died while trying to flee to Haiti across the Dajabón River that divides the two countries on the island; the troops followed them into the river to cut them down, causing the river to run with blood and corpses for several days.
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