Does anyone know if this is true or not?
In 1962, some 18 months following the murder of President Trujillo, Olivorio Mateo known as Papa Liborio was a religious leader and healer based in Palma Sola, near Las Matas de Farfan, some 60 miles from Jarabacoa as the crow flies and 20 miles from San Juan de la Maguana. He had reportedly disappeared during a hurricane in 1908 and reappeared on the ninth day following his supposed death. He said that he had been to heaven and God sent him back to earth and established a following. He was considered a threat to the religious status of the country and the socio economic make up and so the Dominican government (and according to local gossip ? backed by the Americans) on December 28, 1962 decided to end the mass movement, and dispatched a military contingent that performed a napalm airstrike killing 600 people in the area.
Matilda
In 1962, some 18 months following the murder of President Trujillo, Olivorio Mateo known as Papa Liborio was a religious leader and healer based in Palma Sola, near Las Matas de Farfan, some 60 miles from Jarabacoa as the crow flies and 20 miles from San Juan de la Maguana. He had reportedly disappeared during a hurricane in 1908 and reappeared on the ninth day following his supposed death. He said that he had been to heaven and God sent him back to earth and established a following. He was considered a threat to the religious status of the country and the socio economic make up and so the Dominican government (and according to local gossip ? backed by the Americans) on December 28, 1962 decided to end the mass movement, and dispatched a military contingent that performed a napalm airstrike killing 600 people in the area.
Matilda