The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the Dominican Republic (numbers may be approximate):
NameDateLocationDeathsVictimsNotesBeheadings of Moca1805Present-day Dominican Republicestimated 900 (500 at Moca), (400 at Santiago)Civilians of Santiago de los Caballeros and Moca The massacre was headed by Jean Jacques Dessalines and Henri Cristophe who led Haitian troops. There was also massive property damage.Parsley massacreOctober 1937Northern frontier 12,000–38,000Haitian immigrants and Dominicans of Haitian descentThe massacre was committed by the Dominican army under Rafael Trujillo in the borderlands.El Desalojo (The Eviction)1938Southern frontierHundredsHaitian immigrants and Dominicans of Haitian descentDominican civilians reportedly cooperated in the killing.Assassination of Mirabal sisters25 November 1960La Cumbre, between Santiago and Puerto Plata.4Mirabal sistersThree of the Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa, outspoken opponents of dictator Rafael Trujillo, along with their driver Rufino de la Cruz were killed by Military Intelligence Service (SIM). They were stopped, beaten and strangled to deathPalma Sola massacreDecember 1962Palma Sola600–800Leaders of the religious Liborista movement and their followers.The Dominican military dropped napalm on the Liboristas from airplanes – burning six hundred people to death.Operation LimpiezaMay 1965Santo DomingoUnknownSuspected rebelsThe mass killings were committed by the government of Gen. Antonio Imbert.1984 April riotsApril 1984Dominican Republic125-200civiliansaccepted that more than 125 people died, but press sources at the time claimed that the death toll exceeded 200, since the hospital morgues were not enough, the hospital emergencies were full of wounded and all the police and military crews full of detainees and beaten.Higüey Prison fire6-7 March 2005Higüey Prison, Higüey136-137prisonersA fight between inmates ends with a fire caused by the fire in the mattressesLos Alcarrizos massacreAugust 20, 2022Los Alcarrizos, Santo Domingo province4civilians1 injured
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