Pupo Román

José René "Pupo" Román Fernández (died 1961) - Dominican general. Curriculum vitae

In the Dominican history, when the dictatorial president Rafael Leónidas Trujillo was in power, Roman was his niece's husband and "third person in the state" (Trujillo and SIM Arturo Espaillata). He was the Minister of Armed Forces, a close associate of Trujillo, which did not prevent him from accepting Trujillo's murder in 1961 from the American consul in the Dominican Republic, Henry Dearborn. He led to the murder of Rafael Trujillo on May 30, 1961, but he could not use this to overthrow his followers. He failed to arrest them along with Trujillo's sons such as Ramfis. Ultimately, the conspiracy ended with the conspirators' defeat when Zacarias - chauffeur Trujillo - survived the presidential bombardment and handed over the drafts of the bombers and Arturo Espaillat informed Roman about the death of the commander - at the sight of Arturo Espaillata Roman revealed everything he feared he had discovered the plot. The plan to hand over the civil-military junta was abolished, and the Trujillo family took over - for a brief period of time - the power.

General Pupo Roman has been penalized for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit a death in torture supervised personally by Ramfis Trujillo. He was subjected to electrocardiography throughout the body (including the urethra). When he was unconscious or faint, he was coughed with water and glued to his eyes so that he could not sleep. He was stripped naked, beaten with baseball bats, forced to eat non-edible substances such as excrement, after which he vomited. He was questioned whether Joaquín Balaguer, the faithful minister Trujillo and his later successor, had been involved in the assassination. Ramfis Trujillo told the tortured that he did not have to extract information from him, and what had happened to him now was to pay for his betrayal. Then he pierced his eyes. He was put on a bed full of red ants. He then tried to commit suicide by swallowing glass from his bulb, but was placed in a hospital and tortured for the next. One of the last killings was Roman castration by cutting his nucleus with scissors, and pushing these genitalia into his mouth. Roman swallowed them hoping to die by choking, which would end the torture. When the scared general started dying, Ramfis Trujillo shot him. Throughout all the torment, Roman almost did not cry nor beg for pity.

Orphaned children of Álvaro and José René. Bibliography

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