Virgins of Galindo


The phrase Virgins of Galindo refers to three sisters who were slaughtered, and then raped and dismembered by Haitian occupation soldiers 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.

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.
  1. Ana María Clemente Andújar de Lara
  2. Marcela Andújar de Lara
  3. Águeda Andújar de Lara