Original: The violence resulted in the killing of 20,000 pg 78 - On October 2 , 1937 , Trujillo had ordered 20,000 Haitian cane workers executed because they could not roll the '' R '' in perejil the Spanish word for parsley .
Simplified: Trujillo had made his actions for the Haitian community clear in a short speech given at a dance held in his honor on October 2 , 1937 in Dajabón , stating :