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Became ruler of the Dominican Republic. He affected the country positively when it came to their economy by reducing their debt.

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He was trained by the US Marines and became Commander in Chief of the National Army. He then assumed control of the Dominican Republic

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Born on October 24, 1981 Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was the third of eleven children. He was born in a poor agriculture village on the south coast of the Dominican Republic. He had two kids with his first wife Aminta Ledesima.

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used his power in only ways to benefit himself and gain more power and control

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joined when the US military came to the Dominican Republic and became the chief in command by his 6th year

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massacred thousands of Haitian immigrants

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Within 5 years of joining the military he was second in command and by the 6th year he was commander in chief

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Raised by his parents in a small town with his 10 siblings and his parents in late 1800's and early 1900's

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Arrested at 16 for forging a check and because of this lost his job.

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He only became president through political manuevering and torture.

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He spent several months in prison, which did not deter Trujillo, as he later formed a violent gang of robbers called the 42.

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He worked as a telegraph operator and a guard on a sugar plantation after his elementary education.

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He was put in the armed forces in 1919 and rose through the ranks quickly as he was "a man born to command"

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After completing his training, Trujillo quickly rose up the ranks. In 1924 he was made second-in-command of the guard and in June of 1925, he was promoted to commander-in-chief.

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Trained by U.S. Marines in 1918 and elevated to commander in chief of the National Army by 1927, General Rafael Trujillo assumed control of the Dominican Republic in 1930.

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In 1919 Trujillo was offered a position as officer by the US marines, In 1924 he was made Second in Command, and eventually in 1925 he was promoted to Commander in Chief

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He was trained by U.S. Marines in 1918 and elevated to commander in chief of the National Army by 1927. He assumed control of the Dominican Republic in 1930

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He was the third of 11 children, born in San Cristobal, DR on 10/24/1891

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Trujillo spent six years renovating the city and building several monuments in his own honor

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Trujillo retained ultimate control over the Dominican Republic for 31 years. The secret police force he established included a widespread network of spies that was used to censor the press and to threaten, expel, torture or kill dissenters in orchestrated accidents or “suicides.”

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When Trujillo was 16 years old, he took a job as a telegraph operator. After joining a gang and committing a string of crimes, Trujillo was arrested for forging a check and subsequently lost his job.

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Trujillo was known to treat the Dominican Republic's Haitian migrants with particularly severity and a deliberate disregard for their civil liberties. In 1937, he went so far as to orchestrate the massacre of thousands of Haitian immigrants.

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During his campaign, he organized a secret police force to torture and murder supporters of the opposing candidate. Not surprisingly, Trujillo won the election by a landslide.

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Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was the third of 11 children, born to lower-middle-class parents in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, on October 24, 1891. He only received an elementary level education, and then he worked as a telegraph operator and a guard on a sugar plantation.

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Trujillo was very successful when in came to the DR's economical status. He reduced a lot of debt

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After joining a gang and committing a string of crimes, Trujillo was arrested for forging a check and subsequently lost his job.

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During the United States’ occupation of the Dominican Republic from 1916 to 1924, Trujillo joined the Constabulary Guard and was trained by U.S. Marines. His military career quickly progressed and by 1927 he was named commander in chief of the National Army.

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Was Promoted to brigadier general and assumed command of the Dominican army.

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his parents were of Spanish, Haitian, and Dominican descent

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He was born on October 24, 1891 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. He attended school in villagers' homes and never got a proper early education

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In 1916, Trujillo married his first wife, Aminta Ledesima, who would give him two daughters. In light of becoming a family man, Trujillo traded in his life of crime for a steady day job.

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He was the third of 11 children, born to lower-middle-class parents in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, on October 24, 1891.

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He was trained by U.S. Marines in 1918 and elevated to commander in chief of the National Army by 1927. He assumed control of the Dominican Republic in 1930.

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So basically... this is epic

From 1930 - 1961 he was the ruler of República Dominicana.
He had reduced the debt substantially.

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Born: October 24, 1891 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
3rd of 11 children.

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Rafael Trujillo was "trained by U.S. Marines in 1918 and elevated to commander in chief of the National Army by 1927, General Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961) assumed control of the Dominican Republic in 1930" (History.com Editors, 2018).

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"Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina was born on October 24, 1891, the third of 11 children, in San Cristóbal, a poor agricultural village on the Dominican Republic's south coast" (TrujilioBio, 1996).

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Ruler of the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961