Antonio de la Maza

Antonio de la Maza (May 24, 1912 – June 4, 1961) was a Dominican businessman based in Santo Domingo. He was an opponent of Rafael Trujillo, and was one of the principal conspirators in the assassination of the aforementioned dictator which took place on May 30, 1961.^[1]

Life

De la Maza was born in Moca, Espaillat. His family had ties to Horacio Vásquez who was ousted by Trujillo when he started his reign in 1930.^[2] After attending the Corps of Military Aides, De la Maza became manager of a Trujillo-owned sawmill near Restauracion. In the context of the 1956 Galindez case, his brother, Octavio, was used as a scapegoat by Trujillo's henchmen; he was presented to the American Government as the murderer of Gerry Murphy and killed.^[2]

During the assassination De la Maza left Juan Tomás Díaz's .45 automatic pistol at the scene, a complication that facilitated the Servicio de Inteligencia Militar's work as they could identify the owner.^[3] A few days later De la Maza and Tomas Díaz, were killed in a gun battle with the SIM after coming out of hiding.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Antonio de la Maza is a character in The Feast of the Goat, a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa.

Ancestors of Antonio de la Maza^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

8. Ambrosio de la Maza

4. Blas de la Maza Acosta
Cuba

9. Gertrudis Acosta

2. Vicente de la Maza Rosario (1879–1967)
Moca, Dominican Republic

5. Matilde Rosario

1. Antonio de la Maza Vásquez (1912–1961)
Moca, Dominican Republic

12. Eulogio Vásquez

6. Ernesto Vásquez Rivas

13. Amalia Rivas

3. Ernestina Vásquez y Vásquez (1888–1935)
Moca, Dominican Republic

28. Ramón Vásquez (†1860)
Spain

14. Basilio Vásquez Lizardo (1832–?)
Moca, Cibao Department, Haiti (Haitian annexation of Santo Domingo)

29. María Lizardo Caba (†1860)
Moca, Colony of Santo Domingo

7. Hortensia Vásquez Lajara
Moca, Dominican Republic

30. Pedro Lajara
Azua, Colony of Santo Domingo

15. Ramona Lajara Gómez (†1884)
Moca, Cibao Department, Haiti

31. Tomasa Gómez

References

^ Bernard Diederich. Trujillo. The Death of the Goat. Little, Brown, and Co., 1978. p. 118. ISBN 0-316-18440-3.
^ ^a ^b Bernard Diederich. Trujillo. The Death of the Goat. Little, Brown, and Co, 1978. p. 24ff. ISBN 0-316-18440-3.
^ Bernard Diederich, ibid., page 153
^ "Trujillo".
^ Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana. "Heroes del 30 de Mayo. Resenas Biograficas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 9, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^ "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ALLEGED ASSASSINS OF TRUJILLO SHOT IN DOMINICAN CAPITAL". British Pathé. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^ "Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía, Inc".
^ "Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía, Inc".
^ "Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía, Inc".
^ "Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía, Inc".