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Johnny Abbes García
Johnny Abbes García (1924, Santo Domingo – 1967, Haiti) was the chief of the governmental intelligence office – the "Servicio de Inteligencia Militar" (Military Intelligence Service) – during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. He ruled under Trujillo during the end of the Third Republic, and later served the Duvalier dynasty in Haiti.
Rise to power.
Abbes was born in 1924 in Santo Domingo, the son of a German American accountant and a Dominican woman. As a
Hungarian immigrant parents, who had a short but relatively successful film career in Hollywood, most notably in "The Left Handed Gun", opposite Paul Newman. Because of her black hair and dark good looks, Lita was often cast as Latino and Native American girls. They had two children.
Influential years.
On 30 May 1961, his father was assassinated in a plot to end the 31-year-long dictatorial regime. He quickly returned to the country and with the help of Johnny Abbes García, the ruthless intelligence