1965: Forces Storm Santo Domingo

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Former President Juan Bosch of the Dominican Republic, in 1963. Nationaal Archief. Credit

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Military forces opposed to the return of former President Juan D. Bosch stormed into Santo Domingo today [April 27] with tanks and infantry. The anti-Bosch forces, under Army Gen. Elias Wessin y Wessin, fought their way into the capital across two bridges after the Navy joined anti-Bosch air-force planes in bombarding the city from sea and air. The forces under Gen. Wessin y Wessin approved last weekend’s military coup ousting the civilian junta of Donald Reid Cabral, but opposed the return of Mr. Bosch from his 19-month exile in Puerto Rico. — New York Herald Tribune, European edition, April 28, 1965