CAAMANO REPORTED TO HAVE "DISAPPEARED"
Col. Francisco Caamafio Defio was reported November 28 to be missing from his diplomatic post in London. His wife said he vanished in mid-October after he left for Spain via the Netherlands. Presumably he met with foul play.
Caamafio was thrust into a position of leadership in the 1965 uprising in San Domingo which was crushed through the massive intervention of U.S. troops sent in by President Johnson. Caamafio agreed to go into exile as a leader of the left.
Gen. Wessin y Wessin, a militarist of the Trujillo days, was one of the few ultraright figures to also go into exile in a show of impartial treatment of both right and left which, it was claimed, would help stabilize the situation in the Dominican Republic.
Recently there have been repeated rumors that Gen. Wessin y Wessin is preparing to return to the island. This could lead to another explosion of popular anger in which there would be heavy pressure on the Balaguer government to permit the return of Caamafio. The question now being asked is, did the secret political police decide to get rid of the popular leftist leader as a preventive measure?