WEBVTT - Fight or Flight 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:07.240 From executive producers Daniel Ramidez and myself Eva Longoria. Sisters 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:10.160 of the Underground tells the powerful story of the midle 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:14.320 of our sisters, real life Latina's who sacrificed everything for 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:34.479 the fight for freedom. Bandana and Pisa, be careful with 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:40.479 the john prope in the yard. Hello, Oh my godness, Okay, 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:43.680 bang bang bang? Then go mo went us not? I 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:47.040 just got off a call with the museum director and 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:51.519 guess what what we can visit and drop off the 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:56.800 letters tomorrow. Yes, I can't wait. Okay, come on, let's 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:59.480 go inside and start getting your bouquet ready to take 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:09.720 to the music. Okay, So I'm wondering, did well prison? 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:17.880 I Things get really tough now. I don't know, you know, 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:22.480 I see Contino. Sometimes I think I should just be 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:27.640 reading new fairy tales to all those you know what 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:34.319 I mean, happy stories with happy endings. But our story 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:39.800 is too complicated for that. It took courage for Mommy 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:43.200 Matter to stand up to the bullet in prison, but 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:47.320 it also took courage for Dogna, Cheer and they to 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:53.360 look for them. Early one morning, they hired a driver 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.160 to take them to the capital. They were so determined 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.560 to find them that they even risk rousing that the radios, 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:09.840 and they started with the eldest brother, Yes, how can 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:15.320 I help you? My name is Ja. We are searching 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:20.640 for my two daughters. They were taken from us by 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:24.640 the General's men. We thought your husband might use his 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:28.400 influence to bring us to them. We are well aware 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.839 of your family's ill intentions towards the government. We don't 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:35.920 mingle with enemies of the state, joined the andso. But 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:40.240 all I'm asking is to know where they're being held. 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.359 They are our family, and I know that you can 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:48.160 understand how we feel. I cannot help you, but perhaps 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:53.960 don't Romeo can give you that information. Don't. Romeo was 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:58.960 another of trs brothers, younger than Berjlio and just does 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:03.880 loyal and crew. Julia gave her the address under the 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:08.720 pretense of helping her. In reality, it was just a 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:14.959 Truhido families way of fanning their own egos. They enjoyed 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:21.120 watching desperate people begging them for favors. So when don't 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:25.440 youa chey showed up at Romeo, tru he just tore step. 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:34.720 He was all smiles and warm welcome Senor, but a 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:38.080 pleasant surprise welcome to my home. It is generous of 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.280 you to see us from a grass. And who is 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:46.440 this lovely lady? I'm they nice to meet you, of 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:51.280 course the other sister, I haven't heard much about you, 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:56.480 but I suppose that's a good thing. Please take a seat. 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.000 Would you care for some delicious lechosa juice, fresh made 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:04.840 to day. No, kid, we're here because we are trying 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:09.920 to locate suggested you might be able to help us. 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:13.600 Don't you worry. I'm pretty sure there was some sort 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:17.960 of mix up, a mix up. The problem is not 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:25.279 Maria Teresa, but both of them were arrested. Let me 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:30.240 do they're talking. It wasn't just them. Their husbands have 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:33.760 also been detained, And since we don't want to speculate, 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:37.920 we decided to obtain the truth from someone like you. 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:41.360 You're surely privy to the thinking behind decisions like this. 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:46.560 Actually I'm not. My brother is a very private man, 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:50.719 but trust me. Go back home, be at peace. The 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.640 regime does not punish those who do not deserve it, 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:58.680 but who is thought to deserve it? Missen so buen 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:06.560 upos us responsibly is a real threat. We can all 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:10.040 admit that. And yet, despite our belief that she has 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.000 conspired against us. You have no proof that my brother 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:16.839 or his men ever hurt your daughters. Don't forget this 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:21.279 government did promise to protect the rights of women. Unfortunately 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:25.840 we can't promise the same for their husbands. After the 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:30.120 meeting with Romeo, Dona Chea knew that she had reached 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:34.120 the end in her quest to find and free her daughters. 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:40.000 Any approach to the government was fruitless. She and the 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:47.200 day were met with resistance, personal threats or justifications. Their 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:51.159 spirits were crushed. Those were very dark days in the 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:55.479 town of Salcetto. A sizeable number of rebels are being 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:59.599 taken captive. No one is about Truillo and they will 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:03.400 pay the right my land, air or c. He will 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:08.440 capture anyone and everyone who attempts to fight the regime. 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:13.240 I was staying in Monte Cristo with relatives for a while, 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.040 but then my my chair brought me back to Sa 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:20.919 said so I could be with herds and my little brother, Manolito. 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:27.280 They had her own home now. And then one cool 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:36.040 February morning, I mean to give us men with guns. 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:38.360 They came to the house. I think they are taking 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:43.520 DNA chair. Mama use me. They had the fastest meal 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:50.280 they had. I found what I Please, God, don't let 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:57.400 them take my mother d The mule, on the other hand, 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:01.279 had other ideas as mules to and instead of taking 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.240 the main road, she suddenly veered down the dirt path 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:09.440 running to a clothes line, got frightened and book bucked 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:16.040 her right and the right in the middle of Ouch. 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:21.440 That was some fall. Hi. Yeah, yeah, I'm so sorry 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.880 it or your clean clothes thinking could you grabber grab 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:26.720 her right off? So I said about I have had 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:31.520 her here, take my hand. Are you all right? Do 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:34.200 you want to sit down? My house is just around 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.160 the bed. That's very kind of you, but I have 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.080 I have to go my mom my, mom, she's she's 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:44.720 in trouble. Please help me get back CONTINUITA okay, okay, 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:57.040 I'll hold her. I get ask le, they wrote the 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:01.760 mule even bastard. She knew she had lost precious moments 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:08.480 to her and the idea Jaya being taken captive was unimaginable. 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.800 Her mind was being flooded with images and sounds from 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:16.360 what she had heard about the regime's treatment of prisoners. 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:27.000 After agonizing moments, she finally reached her destination Patria. What's 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:31.400 going on? What's wrong? Was mommy taken? Where is she? No? 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.559 No that they some military men came and when Pedro 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.040 saw them, he darted out the house like a headless chicken. 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:39.400 They came to inform us that we can go to 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:44.160 the capital and pick they're going to be released him. 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:53.600 I could have killed myself local lespero, no no men 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:58.960 in the They Patria immediately made all the arrangements to 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:02.719 travel to the copy done. But when they arrived at 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:08.520 the intelligence headquarters, they were turned away, told to come 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:14.440 back tomorrow. This happened for over a week. It was 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:27.120 just another manipulation. Then finally Mommy Dea were released. Miss 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:45.240 how much I missed you, mom, even this young When 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:49.720 they finally got home, whenever I was quiet for a 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:53.800 long time. What do you say to someone who has 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:58.680 been through something like that. I'm so glad you're home 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.640 at Manas. You can't imagine when we went through to 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:05.240 find you both, and we figured they must have stopped 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:09.520 you from looking. We tried everywhere and everyone. They were 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:16.160 just playing with us. Yes, please, what happens to your legs? 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:22.080 You have marks all over. I feel of a mule. 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:33.440 You're too quiet, Armana, Are you okay? I just it 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:40.240 was bad in there, they Thomas. They wanted to make 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:45.560 an example of her. We were luckier, for some reason, 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:51.000 less physical torture than the others. But it was NonStop questions. 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:52.760 We didn't even know half the time if it was 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:57.240 day or night. But we had a strategy mt mm 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:02.080 hmm doing the interrogations. We answered their questions with another 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.760 question that drove them crazy, and they weren't able to 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:14.120 extract much. Manona was cherry picked to undergo the most 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:17.959 suffering and bear the brunt of their vengeance. I'm me 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:21.760 I miss him so much. I think Hell is a 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:25.640 picnic compared to La Guarenta. And of course through heat, 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:27.880 you never does the dirty work. He wouldn't even dare 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:31.640 show his face, sleeping peacefully in his palace somehow, while 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:36.319 the blood of the country is on his hands. They 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:41.400 but he is, Mama, He's He must be getting scared though. 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.280 Did you hear the news They're accusing him of an 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:49.880 attack on Venezuela's President becourt. I want to brief you, 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:53.920 my citizens in Venezuela, that you must have complete trust 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:56.880 in the stability of your government. And on your decision 0:11:56.920 --> 0:12:01.000 to elect me democratically as president until my term ends 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:05.040 on April nineteen sixty four. I have no doubt in 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:08.400 my mind that yesterday's terrorist attack on the presidency was 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:12.120 perpetrated by the Dominican dictator, whom I have been very 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:16.120 critical of, and whose reign is living on borrowed time, 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:23.839 A dying, prehistoric animal unsuitable for the twentieth century. How 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:27.640 could they missed the target? I apologize heavy. The bombs 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:30.840 plosion was delayed a few seconds. Only the military chief 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:34.760 and a student died. The rest only sustained burns. Fuck, 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:39.440 what a waste. We can try again, but I wish 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.000 you wait to see if there's another response from it encore. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.960 Based on that speech I did to say that I 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:49.520 won't be violent, but tactical, What do you mean? He 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.600 will look for an international platform on which to announce you, 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:57.240 probably the organization of the American States. He will take 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:00.360 advantage of the circumstances to making him self look like 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:05.200 a martyr and to belify you. They believe him. It's 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:08.199 just one more group after me. The Church and the 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.360 Gringos already won a piece of me. They have no 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:18.199 idea who they're dealing with dios it you. Let's focus 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.760 our attention on our closest endings. Like you said, see ovis, 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:27.440 the terrorists on our soil have nowhere to go. We 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.760 already demonstrated that we know where to find them and 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:42.680 what we can do when we get them. With international pressure, 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:46.400 mountain And has decided to hold the trial for the 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:50.360 prisoners of the fourteenth of June movement today, and Sid 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.640 Pappy Leandro and a group of other men went to 0:13:56.720 --> 0:14:00.920 trial that day. Their bodies were full of bruises, and 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:05.439 they were several pounds lighter, all shadows of their younger selves. 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:11.079 But outside of the courthouse, grace supporters cheered them on 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:19.600 those accused as president of the movement and another member. 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.640 They appear to have been severely beaten, and the assemble 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:32.240 proud are expressing outrage nor winnifre. The trial was covered internationally, 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:36.680 the first time the whole world could witness how do 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:41.760 he just regime treated political prisoners? And if the Nalege 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:48.240 shocked those abroad, it made many Dominicans more willing to 0:14:48.280 --> 0:15:12.680 fight back. They come manolo me or what did they 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:18.000 do to them? Good afternoon, you may all sit in 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:20.800 this Court of the Palace of Justice with JORGEA. Gonzalez, 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:26.680 the defendant's doctor Manuel Alvares Cousto, an engineer Cosman Rodriguez, 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:29.480 stand accused of being co perpetrators of the crime of 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:32.800 treason and plotting an organized attack against the security of 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:36.640 the states, risking the safety of all Dominican people. Prosecutor 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:43.840 Virriglio Garrido, When, your honor, we have evidence that shows 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:47.640 that during the month of January of nineteen sixty Manuel 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:52.680 Taut also known as Manolo, was in Monte Christi recruiting 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:58.000 new members for his underground movement. In addition, he together 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:02.200 with Guzman, Rodriguez and are members, had collected over one 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:07.280 hundred firearms and explosives. These were hidden in the home 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:13.560 of Patria Mirabal and Pedro Gonzales, and the group distributed 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:17.840 these weapons around municipalities and provinces. And they'll see vow 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:22.080 to other members of the movement with the intention of 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:26.120 overthrowing the government of our leader and benefactor that had 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:30.640 an alissimo through Hillo. With these actions, the defendants have 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:36.200 endangered the welfare and security of the homeland. Defendants, Attorney 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:42.640 Bruno or Nezo Sanchez, your opening statement, good afternoon, your honor. I, 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:46.880 together with my colleagues, represent the defendant, Mr Tavares Cousto. 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:51.040 The defendant stands here today wrongly accused of the crime 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:56.440 of arms possession and reason, a very serious offense. The 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.760 prosecutor has stated that my client is guilty of distributing 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.960 these weapons with the intention of overthrowing the government of 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:07.760 the Handalis Motor Hill. While the defendant did have arms, 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.919 there is not a shred of evidence to prove that 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:15.160 he is guilty of the charge. The defendant has never 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:19.240 conspired to endanger the well being of his Dominican brothers 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:24.080 and sisters. He loves his country and people and has 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:29.960 always been a true patriot and outstanding citizen. The only 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:35.880 appropriate verdict in this case it's not guilty. Thank you. 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:41.320 The trial lasted a few days. Bobby was among one 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:45.560 of the people who testified in court. He wanted his 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:51.600 voice to be heard. Of course, the prosecution was merciless. 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:56.080 What do you do for a living, Senor Tabaris Cousto, 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:01.880 I'm a lawyer who hasn't practiced in a while, as 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:09.160 you've been clearly occupied with other pressing matters. Objection order sustained. 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:13.000 Do you recall a meeting that took place in January 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:17.200 ten at the residence of Charlie Bogard in Balverde Mao 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:21.439 of this year. Yes, I do, And what took place 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:26.080 at this meeting? It was a gathering of family and friends. 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:31.200 We had some drinks and play dominos. How often did 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:37.879 these gatherings occur? Uh? Maybe twice a week? And you 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:40.800 expect us to believe that you met twice a week 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:44.880 for just a round of dominoes and drinks. Objection your oiner, 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:50.680 he's leading. The defendant sustained, what self respecting Dominican doesn't 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:53.920 like to play dominoes and drink once in a while. Okay, 0:18:55.960 --> 0:19:00.479 let's look at other actions. Tell us why you visited 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:04.280 the city of San Francisco de Macoris every day during 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:07.720 the early weeks of January of this year. I had 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:13.359 a sick relative. We have evidence to the contrary. In fact, 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:17.080 we are able to prove that your visits there were 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:22.000 for the purpose of recruiting followers and amassing weapons. That's 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.840 not true. You were plotting to eliminate those you perceived 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:29.199 as your enemies. We have sees letters of yours in 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:33.480 which you declare those intentions. We will submit these to 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:37.600 the court and the rejection your honor. Article six three 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:39.679 of our Judicial Code states that it is illegal to 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:42.320 open private letters and to reveal and di evotional context. 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:45.680 Please take a seat or you'll have to leave the courtroom. 0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:50.119 You are accusing two innocent men who fought courageously for 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:54.159 the rights and freedoms of every person in this country. Silence. No, 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:57.600 we've been silent and complacent for far too long. Look 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:00.560 at them, they're killing and turturing. Doesn't of her brothers 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:03.199 and sisters? How many more people need to die for 0:20:03.200 --> 0:20:06.200 our justice system to do something? What more do you need? 0:20:07.200 --> 0:20:09.240 You were permitted in this court as family members, not 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:14.760 as agitators. Guards, remove these women, Let me move how wards, 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:18.200 go on this order the court. You can't silence us. 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:28.040 Our country's as says, we have a right to be free. 0:20:28.160 --> 0:21:02.080 Cog me by one of us. Damn Well, why did 0:21:02.080 --> 0:21:06.119 they start singing the national anthem? Weren't they against the 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:10.760 government see me ninia. But they still loved their country, 0:21:11.200 --> 0:21:16.840 their home. Simple rudios as. When I think about that moment, 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:22.440 I am just so proud of their bravery to remind 0:21:22.600 --> 0:21:25.480 everyone in the court who they were and what their 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:29.960 country meant to them. It was a small victory against 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:36.399 the regime. A few days later, Bobby Leandro would be 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:40.679 sentenced to thirty years in prison and received a fine 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:50.080 of six hundred thousand vessels. WHOA, that's a lot. Mommy 0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:54.160 was devastated, and so was the rest of the movement. 0:21:55.440 --> 0:21:57.720 She tried to put on a brave face in front 0:21:57.720 --> 0:22:01.119 of us, but did that and she was really sad, 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:07.800 And so are Martin and Patre Well are okay? It 0:22:07.880 --> 0:22:15.600 looks beautiful. You always cheer me up. Syria more beautiful, 0:22:16.760 --> 0:22:26.920 just like they are heavy. The rockets that the middleble 0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:30.040 sister caused at the courtroom a few days ago must 0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:33.640 have fueled something. The embassies are packed with people trying 0:22:33.680 --> 0:22:36.639 to get out of the country. Send guards over to 0:22:36.680 --> 0:22:40.640 all the acu immediately, and do not lose sight of them, 0:22:40.760 --> 0:22:45.720 as you wish, my heavy un May eighteenth, they mean 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:54.320 nocenta members of truigious police. The same arrested Mommy Diamade 0:22:54.520 --> 0:23:02.679 once again, what dulaquarenta again No no, this time to 0:23:02.760 --> 0:23:05.679 the penitentury in La Victoria, where they would be locked 0:23:05.760 --> 0:23:10.439 up with Cina Carral for three long months awaiting a 0:23:10.520 --> 0:23:19.159 hearing well at least they were together, Yes, seem more. 0:23:19.320 --> 0:23:23.479 That's right. Sina was in much better shape after everything 0:23:23.520 --> 0:23:27.879 she'd gone through, and they allowed them to have mosquito 0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:32.120 nets and soap this time, a stark difference from their 0:23:32.200 --> 0:23:37.360 days in La Guarenta batter They visited as soften as 0:23:37.400 --> 0:23:41.280 they were allowed. They tried to bring with them a 0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:48.760 much needed sense of family. There they are Hi, lives meal, 0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:52.840 thank you for coming at mans here. Then sit they've 0:23:52.920 --> 0:23:59.000 left us shares. At least Mommy Tabiang praying for the 0:23:59.080 --> 0:24:03.080 day they'll release you. She had the kids baptized. Don't know. 0:24:03.200 --> 0:24:09.199 It's god mother to all good choice. She may end 0:24:09.280 --> 0:24:11.760 up raising them anyway, the way things are going for 0:24:12.000 --> 0:24:15.440 the don't say that did did you bring those cigarettes 0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:18.520 and the modeling? Clay see? But I could only find 0:24:18.520 --> 0:24:22.240 my boro And I know you're like a Sino. Why 0:24:22.240 --> 0:24:25.200 do you want to clay men to scold me new 0:24:25.240 --> 0:24:28.360 and Manolito's faces. There'll be a way to keep them 0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:33.760 with me anywhere on the sentencing date, I know, Armana. 0:24:34.040 --> 0:24:38.360 Not yet. Hey, we stopped by to see Manolo Leandro 0:24:39.600 --> 0:24:41.720 see and there's a letter. We put it in the 0:24:41.760 --> 0:24:47.440 box of clay. So the guards wouldn't see from Manolo. Yeah, 0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:56.800 thank God for you, r manas he's gone open the letter, 0:24:59.400 --> 0:25:05.199 so did he say, Dear Minnie, Leandro, Perrito and I 0:25:05.240 --> 0:25:08.159 are fine. Not a day goes by in which I 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:11.120 don't think of you. I can't wait for us really, 0:25:11.160 --> 0:25:15.000 all reunited in Monte Cristi. I'll send a new pencil 0:25:15.040 --> 0:25:18.080 for you to write to me more often. Remember to 0:25:18.119 --> 0:25:21.199 the story my letters. You know they won't hesitate to 0:25:21.240 --> 0:25:24.000 put you back in solitary or suspend the family visits. 0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:29.800 We must avoid that. Regards to Mattencina, my soul is 0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:39.520 forever connected to yours. I love you more always yours Manolo, Okay, 0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:46.120 Romantico Mommy was spend the next few months inside herself, 0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:51.119 scolding the memory she had of me off my face? 0:25:52.359 --> 0:25:57.000 Did you ever get to see the sculpture? Many years later, 0:25:57.920 --> 0:26:02.640 but she didn't really get to finish it. As the 0:26:02.720 --> 0:26:07.320 Church became more outspoken about his crimes and the United 0:26:07.359 --> 0:26:12.400 States retracted their support for his government through he kept 0:26:12.440 --> 0:26:17.199 losing the national approval he had once enjoyed. In an 0:26:17.240 --> 0:26:21.240 attempt to clear his image, he decided to release innocent 0:26:21.320 --> 0:26:27.640 political prisoners who he held without a reason. On this Tuesday, 0:26:28.000 --> 0:26:32.639 August nine nine, in the case of Maria Argentina Minerva 0:26:32.680 --> 0:26:38.960 Mirable Reyes Da Tavares the Antonia Maria Teresa mirab Guzman. 0:26:39.640 --> 0:26:43.280 The court finds the defendants guilty of threatening the safety 0:26:43.320 --> 0:26:46.000 of the state. They are sentenced to five years of 0:26:46.040 --> 0:26:51.400 public labor for insubordinations. Mammy itamts lawyer fought like health 0:26:51.480 --> 0:26:54.800 for an appeal, which was granted, thank God, and the 0:26:54.920 --> 0:26:59.200 sentence was reduced to three years. Cina was also found 0:26:59.200 --> 0:27:03.240 guilty and said still thirty years. It was a sentence 0:27:03.320 --> 0:27:08.680 that she would never serve. Why did she die? Oh no, no, no, no, 0:27:08.680 --> 0:27:13.720 no no, thank god, deves Meal. She was temporarily released too, 0:27:13.760 --> 0:27:17.399 but on the day of the release, Sina finally told 0:27:17.480 --> 0:27:21.920 mommy Dia about her plans. I'm going to the Argentinian 0:27:21.960 --> 0:27:24.280 embassy early in the morning before the Galias began to 0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:29.880 surveil me. I seena. I can't wait for the military 0:27:29.920 --> 0:27:33.200 to come and terrorize me again. It's not too late. 0:27:33.760 --> 0:27:36.600 You and the children should leave too. We can't see 0:27:36.640 --> 0:27:40.080 na through. He is not going to let you live 0:27:40.160 --> 0:27:42.320 in peace. I can't take the kids and I definitely 0:27:42.359 --> 0:27:45.800 can't leave Manola behind. If I do, they'll kill him. 0:27:45.880 --> 0:27:49.920 How much more humiliation can we endure? They nearly killed us. 0:27:50.040 --> 0:27:54.080 You know we'll miss you, Amir. I'll miss you both too. 0:27:55.400 --> 0:28:01.160 Thank you for fighting the good fight. Did they ever 0:28:01.240 --> 0:28:07.359 see her again? No? Imagine if they had left, things 0:28:07.359 --> 0:28:13.199 would have been much different, mortal, But Mommy, Diamat, they 0:28:13.240 --> 0:28:17.560 would have never left Poppy and the oleandro behind. They 0:28:17.600 --> 0:28:31.120 were inseparable. M hm mean no, I want me Okay, Yes, 0:28:31.200 --> 0:28:38.680 that's a key. It was one of the happiest days 0:28:38.840 --> 0:28:43.560 of my life. It felt like ages since I'd last 0:28:43.560 --> 0:28:54.200 seen them, Mommy, they never the kids have grown so 0:28:54.280 --> 0:28:58.120 much as he has. Mean, but we're getting old to 0:28:58.240 --> 0:29:01.520 her man, I have are more hairs than mom. Since 0:29:01.560 --> 0:29:10.680 you've than gone, I can't stop thinking about the guys. Yeah, 0:29:11.160 --> 0:29:14.400 need to. We onlyed to stay strong for the kids 0:29:14.440 --> 0:29:18.000 and keep having faith faith and what what we need 0:29:18.080 --> 0:29:20.880 is justice to be served. But we'll never have that 0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:23.280 as long as to re use in power and to 0:29:23.360 --> 0:29:25.880 think that we almost took him out. Nan. Yes, I 0:29:25.960 --> 0:29:29.680 won't have you leave here again. You hear the movement 0:29:29.880 --> 0:29:38.600 is over. The movement will always be alive. Mommycid Tommy, 0:29:38.640 --> 0:29:42.000 don't you see I am thinking of them and every 0:29:42.000 --> 0:29:45.160 new generation after them. They need to be protected from 0:29:45.160 --> 0:29:50.000 this terrible regime that killed their grandfather. Remember they did 0:29:50.080 --> 0:29:53.160 that to Puppy, to all of us. So you tell me, mommy, 0:29:53.200 --> 0:29:55.680 what's best to think about myself or to think about 0:29:55.720 --> 0:29:59.600 the future for my children and their country. And there 0:29:59.720 --> 0:30:02.840 is wasn't the only thing wearing mommy that weeks after 0:30:02.880 --> 0:30:07.080 her release, Grandma's bank accounts were seized by the state, 0:30:07.360 --> 0:30:12.600 and the family's finances quickly dwindled. Idea as a mommy 0:30:12.680 --> 0:30:15.480 turned to sell and again to make a living. But 0:30:15.640 --> 0:30:19.920 selling dresses was not a very lucrety business, especially since 0:30:19.920 --> 0:30:23.200 there were enemies of the state and people were weary 0:30:23.240 --> 0:30:25.880 of being associated with them like a plaque, you know, 0:30:25.960 --> 0:30:29.720 COONa Black. So they were forced to sell what they had, 0:30:30.840 --> 0:30:34.920 like the family furniture, just one more way in which 0:30:35.000 --> 0:30:42.000 the regime broke apart our family and our home. Why 0:30:45.040 --> 0:30:47.880 how much do you think they'll love her? Okay, I said, 0:30:48.600 --> 0:30:52.160 I hope at least forty fifty vessels. It will help 0:30:52.160 --> 0:30:54.880 pay for food and gas for the generator, whatever it 0:30:54.920 --> 0:30:57.680 takes to feed these kids. Say, but I mean, I 0:30:57.720 --> 0:31:01.200 don't worry me, neck, I still believe God watches over us. 0:31:01.800 --> 0:31:04.000 There are better days ahead of us, and I hope. 0:31:04.040 --> 0:31:09.600 So how are you in perito doing? Oh? Marriage is 0:31:09.640 --> 0:31:13.239 never easy, but true love prevails, and at the end 0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:16.400 of the day I do cherish him. It's a sweet man. 0:31:17.520 --> 0:31:21.480 A few days later, a guard showed up to announce 0:31:21.560 --> 0:31:25.320 that through Hio had ordered Pappy leandro Bi transferred to 0:31:25.360 --> 0:31:29.840 the Salado Ford, which was only a few minutes away 0:31:29.880 --> 0:31:33.080 from the house. But Mommy was convinced this was no 0:31:33.240 --> 0:31:38.680 humanitarian gesture. Through he you feared the family would seek 0:31:38.720 --> 0:31:44.720 asylum abroad. A singer had with the transfer that Galliez 0:31:44.880 --> 0:31:49.000 found it much easier to keep a close eye on them, 0:31:49.040 --> 0:31:53.920 but he wasn't, leaving the vigilance to under links. Later 0:31:53.960 --> 0:31:57.720 that year, through he began to make a habit out 0:31:57.720 --> 0:32:03.720 of visiting small towns to instill fear and ensure civilian loyalty. 0:32:04.800 --> 0:32:11.480 His first stop was, of course, and it's not as 0:32:11.560 --> 0:32:15.280 if you could miss him. It was as vain about 0:32:15.320 --> 0:32:20.240 its cars as he was about his suits. People remember 0:32:20.320 --> 0:32:27.280 him arriving, driving slowly through the town in his luxurious 0:32:27.480 --> 0:32:45.200 nineteen seven Chevron. How is everything shaping up here? Hours 0:32:45.800 --> 0:32:47.560 as good as one can of hope in a town 0:32:47.600 --> 0:32:52.560 with those damn mirabile sisters always screwing everything. Now we're 0:32:52.600 --> 0:32:55.400 on the streets, they've been talking nonsense every chance they 0:32:55.480 --> 0:32:58.600 can't what type of nonsense? Well, with all the respect 0:32:58.680 --> 0:33:02.880 hair face, just a a more rhetoric, nothing that bears repeating. 0:33:04.080 --> 0:33:07.760 But they are isolated. No one will even get close 0:33:07.800 --> 0:33:11.720 to them. I only have two problems left, the damn 0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:16.040 priest and the men of our sisters. It's about time 0:33:16.120 --> 0:33:22.640 those truggles ended. I agree. We're at your service, Synyard, 0:33:23.600 --> 0:33:33.760