To Kill a Dictator El Jefe (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Documentary, Crime, History

To Kill a Dictator

El Jefe (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Documentary, Crime, History

They called him, 'El Hefe' because he ruled the Dominican with an iron fist during what became 'The Bloodiest Era' in Latin America history. Over 30 years, Rafael Trujillo spearheads massacres, tortures, imprisons, and murders anyone who ...See moreThey called him, 'El Hefe' because he ruled the Dominican with an iron fist during what became 'The Bloodiest Era' in Latin America history. Over 30 years, Rafael Trujillo spearheads massacres, tortures, imprisons, and murders anyone who dares to voice dissent. In response, the Dominican Liberation Movement organises military operations, arriving by land and sea to take out the fearsome regime. A band of sisters, slighted by Trujillo, organises a movement in honour of the fallen. At a cattle fair, they plan fire and fury, but El Jefe escapes unscathed. The American government considers its next move, as horrors unfold at La Cuarenta, Trujillo's den of torture. But, it's Trujillo's attempt against another world leader that finally prompts plans for an international coup. Why does the American government under Eisenhower back the rebels, only to withdraw its support under Kennedy? And, as El Hefe's car is ambushed on a dirt road, who are the men who finally step up to sow the bloody seeds of revolution? Written by superchannel See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Joshua Arthurs Self - Expert Self - Expert See fewer	To Kill a Dictator (2024)
Jeremy Durgana Antonio Imbert Barrera Antonio Imbert Barrera See fewer	The Listener (2009)
Mazyar Fallah Self - Expert Self - Expert See fewer	Phantom Signals (2020)
Emad Jafari Ramfis Trujillo (as a different name) Ramfis Trujillo (as a different name) See fewer	To Kill a Dictator (2024)
Andrew McPherson Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	In the Red (1999)
Mariam Mufti Self - Expert Self - Expert See fewer	The Dictator's Playbook
Doug Patteson Self - Expert Self - Expert See fewer	Colony (2016)
Ryan J. Prashad Amado Garcia Guerrero Amado Garcia Guerrero See fewer	The Puppeteers (2025)
Elizabeth Vlossak Self - Expert Self - Expert See fewer	Revolutions That Changed History (2024)
Peter Vronsky Self - Expert Self - Expert See fewer	Portal to the Unknown (2013)
Robert Watson Self - Expert Self - Expert See fewer	To Kill a Dictator (2024)