Different entities yesterday commemorated the 50th anniversary of the fall in an unequal combat of Los Palmeros, in an act at the monument in his honor erected at kilometer 12 of the Las Américas highway.
During the event, the mayor of Santo Domingo Este, Manuel Jiménez, urged all the families of the municipality and the country to teach the new generations the patriotic examples that are part of the historical memory and national identity.
“Maintaining and promoting historical memory is a duty of all Dominicans of good will, because only by remembering the path that brought us to this day can we preserve our identity as Dominicans and build a better future for all,” declared the Mayor.
On January 12, 1972, a group of young people called “Los Palmeros” formed by Amaury Germán Aristy, Virgilio Perdomo Pérez, Bienvenido Leal Prandy (La Chuta) and Ulises Cerón Polanco were killed after confronting hundreds of soldiers and policemen armed with tanks. mortars, flamethrowers, and high-caliber machine guns.
Los Palmeros was a group of young people with revolutionary ideas that went against the political current of the Joaquín Balaguer governments.
The group headed by Amaury Germán was called “Los Palmeros” because the academy where they received training was located in Pinar del Río, Cuba, a place where palms were abundant. It was a way of differentiating itself from the other revolutionary militias that operated to date.
