Juan Erazo

Juan Erazo was a Dominican militant from Santo Domingo. He was punctual at the Puerta del Conde on the night of February 27, 1844, when the blunderbuss fired by Matías Ramón Mella announced the proclamation of the Dominican Republic. As an officer under Pedro Santana, he fought in the campaigns against the Haitian invasions. He was expelled from the country for entering into disagreements with this reactionary and arbitrary leader. He was amnestied and, like many who hoped to protect himself from Santana's persecutions, he registered as Spanish in the infamous Matricula opened in 1856 by the Spanish consul Antonio María Segovia, to welcome any Dominican who wanted to renounce his origin. and adopt the nationality of Spain. Erazo, radically distanced from Santana, aligned himself with Buenaventura Báez, who was already the rival of the hatero leader in the struggles between conservative forces for control of political power. Santana returned to the presidency in 1858 and once again Erazo was sent into exile. He joined the expedition against the annexation led by Francisco del Rosario Sánchez in June 1861. He was captured by the annexation authorities, tried and sentenced to death, he ended up as a martyr of the Dominican Restoration War, being among those shot in San Juan on July 4, 1861.