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{{for|the Spanish organization|Servicio de Información Militar}}
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The '''Servicio de Inteligencia Militar (SIM)''' (English: Military Intelligence Service) was the main instrument during the later part of the dictatorship of [[Rafael Trujillo]] to keep control within the [[Dominican Republic]].
The '''Servicio de Inteligencia Militar (SIM)''' (English: Military Intelligence Service) was the main instrument during the later part of the dictatorship of [[Rafael Trujillo]] to keep control within the [[Dominican Republic]]. During this period, the Trujillo government extended its policy of [[state terrorism]] beyond national borders. Notorious examples of Trujillo’s reach abroad are the unsuccessful assassination attempt in [[Caracas]] against Venezuelan President [[Romulo Betancourt]] (1960), the abduction and subsequent disappearance in [[New York City]] of the Spaniard [[Jesus de Galindez]] (1956), the murder of writer [[:es:José Almoina|José Almoina]] in [[Mexico]], also a Spaniard, and crimes committed against Cubans, Costa Ricans, Nicaraguans, Puerto Ricans, as well as United States citizens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Documentary Heritage on the Resistance and Struggle for Human Rights in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1961 |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/mow/nomination_forms/Documentary%20Heritage%20on%20the%20Resistance%20and%20Struggle%20for%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%201930%201961%20Nomination%20Form.pdf}}</ref>

==Operation==
==Operation==
Around 1957 the Department of State for Security, headed by General Arturo Espaillat was dissolved, replaced by SIM and its sister agency, the '''Servicio Central de Inteligencia (SCI)'''.<ref name=diederich>{{cite book| author=Bernard Diederich |title=Trujillo. The Death of the Goat| publisher=Little, Brown, and Co, 1978 |page=33ff| isbn=0-316-18440-3}}</ref> Under the leadership of [[Johnny Abbes]] SIM employed thousands of people and was involved in immigration, passports, censorship, supervision of aliens, and undercover work.<ref name=crassweller>{{cite book |author=Crassweller RD |title=Trujillo. The Life and Times of a Caribbean Dictator. |publisher=The MacMillan Co, New York (1966) |page=329ff}}</ref> At the Palace of Communications some fifty people intercepted and recorded domestic and foreign phone conversations.<ref name=diederich/> Its secret activities used murder, kidnapping, extorsion and terror to achieve its goals. Money was spent to lobby American legislators.<ref name=diederich/>
Around 1957 the Department of State for Security, headed by General Arturo Espaillat was dissolved, replaced by SIM and its sister agency, the '''Servicio Central de Inteligencia (SCI)'''.<ref name=diederich>{{cite book| author=Bernard Diederich |title=Trujillo. The Death of the Goat| publisher=Little, Brown, and Co, 1978 |page=33ff| isbn=0-316-18440-3}}</ref> Under the leadership of [[Johnny Abbes]] SIM employed thousands of people and was involved in immigration, passports, censorship, supervision of aliens, and undercover work.<ref name=crassweller>{{cite book |author=Crassweller RD |title=Trujillo. The Life and Times of a Caribbean Dictator. |publisher=The MacMillan Co, New York (1966) |page=329ff}}</ref> At the Palace of Communications some fifty people intercepted and recorded domestic and foreign phone conversations.<ref name=diederich/> Its secret activities used murder, kidnapping, extorsion and terror to achieve its goals. Money was spent to lobby American legislators.<ref name=diederich/>

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For the Spanish organization, see Servicio de Información Militar.

The Servicio de Inteligencia Militar (SIM) (English: Military Intelligence Service) was the main instrument during the later part of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo to keep control within the Dominican Republic.

Operation

Around 1957 the Department of State for Security, headed by General Arturo Espaillat was dissolved, replaced by SIM and its sister agency, the Servicio Central de Inteligencia (SCI).[1] Under the leadership of Johnny Abbes SIM employed thousands of people and was involved in immigration, passports, censorship, supervision of aliens, and undercover work.[2] At the Palace of Communications some fifty people intercepted and recorded domestic and foreign phone conversations.[1] Its secret activities used murder, kidnapping, extorsion and terror to achieve its goals. Money was spent to lobby American legislators.[1]

In the population members of SIM were known as "caliés" (Thugs), they patrolled the streets in their black VW beetles called "cepillos" (brushes). Infamous detention centers were La Nueve (The Nine) and La Cuarenta (The Forty) where prisoners were tortured and killed.

SIM was dissolved in 1962, after the fall of the Trujillo regime.

Directors

  • Coronel Johnny Abbes García, 1957 - 1960
  • Coronel Cándido Torres, 1960
  • Coronel Roberto Figueroa Carrión, 1961 - 1962

Famous operations

References

  1. ^ a b c Bernard Diederich. Trujillo. The Death of the Goat. Little, Brown, and Co, 1978. p. 33ff. ISBN 0-316-18440-3.
  2. ^ Crassweller RD. Trujillo. The Life and Times of a Caribbean Dictator. The MacMillan Co, New York (1966). p. 329ff.
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