Espaillat?

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sharon295 said:
Does anyone have a photograph of Arturo R. Espaillat they can share? Sharon
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Is he the one who El Jefe (Generalisimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina) called affectionately 'Navajita' (Jackknife), the notorious henchman known for his sadistic predisposition to cut people's throat?
 
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Yes. It comes down to translation I guess. Jack-knife, the razorblade, one definitely gets the idea. He was a West Point graduate from 1943 and was Consul General in New York for a time. He died in 1967.

Sharon
 
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Yes. It comes down to translation I guess. Jack-knife, the razorblade, one definitely gets the idea. He was a West Point graduate from 1943 and was Consul General in New York for a time. He died in 1967.
Sharon
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Are you researching the Galindez-Murphy case? the failed 'Trujillo-Castro Axis' supposedly brokered by Arturo Espaillat that turned out to be the death knell for Trujillo's regime?

I'm sure you can find the photograph you need from the Archivo General de la Naci?n (National Archives), surely in some of the period editions of El Caribe newspaper...
 
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Thanks Mirador.

I will check that out. Yes, I am researching the Galindez case amongst others. I am of the belief that Espaillat was a significant figure who history has overlooked somewhat.

There are some interesting connections he had to Canada including elements of organized crime and to Louis Bloomfield. I have even come across the possibility (unconfirmed) that Espaillat was in Dallas on the 22nd of November, 1963.

His relationship to a shady American is also of great interest. These guys were involved in the attempted overthrow of Papa Doc in Haiti during the early 1960's.

Certainly a curious individual.

Sharon
 
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