Plan Dracula

Plan Dracula

1958-1964

The US Navy attempted to expel all Viequenses from their land: "Project V-C, secretly pushed forth by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the White House during 1958-1964, was originally an attempt to expropriate the complete Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra" (Cruz Soto 2006, 6). The project became known as Plan Dracula among local politicians in Puerto Rico, because it included the removal of the dead bodies buried in the islands.