The Mirabal sisters died as a result of assassination by the Trujillo regime.

On November 25, 1960, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and their driver, Rufino de la Cruz, paid a visit to the jailed husbands of Maria Teresa and Minerva.

Although Patria’s husband was not imprisoned, she accompanied him for moral support. They were stopped by Trujillo’s thugs on their way home.

The sisters and de la Cruz were separated, strangled, and clubbed to death. The bodies were then gathered and loaded into their Jeep, which was subsequently driven off a mountain road to make their deaths appear to be an accident.

On February 1, 2014, the fourth sister, named, Adela “Dedé,” who did not participate in any political activities died of natural causes.