Jesús Galíndez

Jesús (de) Galíndez Suárez
Born	October 12, 1915 Madrid, Spain
Died	disappeared March 12, 1956 New York City, USA
Nationality	Spanish
Fields	Literature Politics
Known for	Opposition to Francisco Franco and Rafael Trujillo

Jesús (de) Galíndez Suárez (born October 12, 1915 – 1956) was a Basque nationalist (PNV) writer who disappeared in New York City. He was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by henchmen of Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic.

Galíndez was born in Amurrio, and participated as a Basque nationalist on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. In 1939 he fled to Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo), where he lectured and represented the Basque Government as a delegate. He started to investigate Trujillo and his government, encountered problems, and fled again, moving to New York City in 1946. Through this network he met with Ibero-American Poets, the Writers Guild, the International League for the Rights of Man, and the Inter-American Association for Democracy and Freedom. At Columbia University he lectured on international law and completed his doctoral thesis about Trujillo and his rule. Galíndez allegedly became an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Galíndez was last seen at 10 PM on March 12, 1956, as he entered the subway station at 57th Street and Eighth Ave in Manhattan;TIME magazine indicated that he disappeared near a subway station at 116th Street and Broadway.

As was well known, Galíndez feared that Dominican agents might kill him. On the night of his death, two Dominican ships were in New York; one put out that night and returned after 5 hours, the other left later. However, investigations initially went nowhere. His body was never found, but with the unraveling of the Murphy disappearance further light was shed on his case.

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