The phrase Virgins of Galindo refers to three sisters (aged 7–16) that were slaughtered and then raped and dismembered just after the assassination of their father, at the Galindo Manor, located outside the city walls of Santo Domingo, several weeks after the reunification of Hispaniola island by Haiti in 1822.
Contrary to the belief among the Dominican society (specially among poets, historians, school curricula) that these crimes are attributed to Haitian occupation soldiers, some archives suggest that these crimes were not committed by Haitian officers, but by civilian men from both sides of the island (i. e., Haitians and Dominicans).
Family members
The Andújar family was of Canarian descent, and native to Hincha in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo. After the Haitian invasions of 1801 and 1805 they settled on the outskirts of Santo Domingo.
- Ana María Clemente Andújar de Lara
- Marcela Andújar de Lara
- Águeda Andújar de Lara