He president Luis Abinader declared this Wednesday duel official on the occasion of death of Miguel Ángel Bissié Romerowho was the last survivor of the heroes who they executed to the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujilloon May 30, 1961.
Through the decree number 1 – 25 was also instructed to Ministry of Defense to pay military honors, “to this prominent Dominican citizen and, likewise, that the national flag must fly at half-mast on the designated day in military compounds and public buildings throughout the country.”
Miguel Ángel Bissié Romero He died on Saturday at the age of 90. He “national hero“he suffered from a cancer. In the risky plan to assassinate Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, Miguel Ángel Bissie He was in charge of the crucial mission of hiding and bringing to the plotters two bags with the firearms used in the ambush against the tyrant.
His participation was discovered and he was arrested. He survived an imprisonment of several months in the “La 40” prison, during which time he shared a cell with Salvador Estrella Sadhalá, who was later murdered by the dictatorship. Bissie was a Spanish who had settled in Dominican Republic and he was married to the Mocan woman Lourdes Michel, sister-in-law of the other hero Antonio de la Maza.
The government subsequently granted Bissié the dominican nationality. He wrote the book “Trujillo and May 30, in honor of the truth” in 1999, with details about the attack.
