On July 21, 1957, Roy Brandt wrote to Trujillo, requesting to meet with him to explain our situation. Shortly thereafter, Secretary of Security Arturo Espaillat ordered the ten remaining missionaries to leave the country.
Such an action would leave their brotherhood headless, and without a head, their ideas will not have success.” On July 13, 1957, Inspector Colón wrote to the secretary of state: “There is a popular old maxim that says: ‘You have to strike a snake in its head.’ A big step toward eradicating the sect Jehovah’s Witnesses from the country would be to find a way to remove their missionaries.
