Word: barreiro
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Dates: during 1964-1964
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Antigovernment Dominicans cried massacre, charged that the troops had cold-bloodedly gunned down the youths as they tried to surrender. But the incident's effect went deeper than that. Among the dead was Antonio Barreiro, 27, godson of Emilio de los Santos, chief of the ruling junta itself. De los Santos resigned as soon as he heard the news, making public a bitter split among the men who have been running the country on behalf of the army since the ouster of President Juan Bosch last September. De los Santos wanted a conciliatory approach to the rebels, but after...