The Dominican Republic confiscated the Trujillo family's property by law in 1962, and his remains lie in a cemetery near Madrid

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until he was shot on 30 May 1961. A September 1961 CIA document, as reported by Dominican Today, says his widow María Martínez left for Paris with about US$46 million. On 18 November 1961 his son Ramfis left on the yacht Angelita with money, gold, paintings and his father's body. Ley 5785, signed in January 1962, declared national property all assets of Trujillo, his wife, children, mother and other relatives, wherever located. The law's preamble says the fortune came from abuse of power. In Europe, front men bought two Swiss banks with part of the money, and the president of the Swiss Banking Commission was dismissed over the case. Trujillo was buried first in San Cristóbal, then in Père-Lachaise in Paris. In 1970 he was moved to a mausoleum marked "Familia Trujillo" at the Mingorrubio cemetery at El Pardo near Madrid, where Ramfis is also buried. On 25 November 2024 the Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica asked the Spanish government to remove Trujillo's remains. Spain had not ordered an exhumation by October 2026^†. Grandson Ramfis Domínguez-Trujillo was barred from the 2020 presidential race because of his US nationality.