Podcast
Behind the Bastards
It was mentioned as one of the better biographies of Trujillo, providing insights into his upbringing and personality, particularly his early troublemaking in San Cristobal.
But if the children did not learn much at school, the dusty streets which separated in those days the monotonous rows of San Cristobal shacks provided them with an excellent schooling in lawlessness.
— Episode: Part One: Rafael Trujillo: The Most Brut...
Episode: Part One: Rafael Trujillo: The Most Brutal Dictato...
It was mentioned as one of the better biographies of Trujillo, providing insights into his upbringing and personality, particularly his early troublemaking in San Cristobal.
But if the children did not learn much at school, the dusty streets which separated in those days the monotonous rows of San Cristobal shacks provided them with an excellent schooling in lawlessness.
To survive the rowdyism of the neighborhood kids, a boy had to be tougher than the others, or at least as in the Trujillo's case, he had to belong to a large clannish family.
In frequent street brawls, the solid front of the Trujillo boys proved good enough to lick all opposition, a fact they never forgot later in life. From such an environment, Rafael emerged as a resourceful, headstrong character.
As a boy, Trujillo was always in trouble, recalls one of his neighbors, always trying to cheat someone, always bragging about how he would one day make big money without much effort.