SANTO DOMINGO.- A dispute over 1,200 kilos of cocaine brought on a boat by three Colombians and a Nicaraguan unleashed Monday’s massacre near the quite town Paya -famous for its sweets- and part of the southern Domincian city Baní, is one of the scenarios offered by Police, which affirms the shipment was in the house of the Colombian “El Don,” one of the seven shot dead.
As of Wednesday morning the authorities had only identified the Colombian Jesus David del Rio Hans, 28, and the only survivor, the Nicaraguan Holi Gomez, 30, and who investigators interrogated in a hospital. As to the fatal victims, Police said El Don’s maid Mercedes Carvajal knew them only by their nicknames Negro, Darío, Hierrito, Blanquito and El Don.
According to Police, a Colombian who came to the house and said he was a friend of El Don, which led the house’s watchman opened the door and when he was about to close it the visitor told him to leave it open because he was going to leave immediately. At once, Police said, other men wearing blue uniforms entered and allegedly took the “prisoners” and drugs that were in a vehicle, put them in a SUV, took them to a sugarcane field of the mill Caei, and shot them.
Only the Nicaraguan survived in the group that the killers believed they had also eliminated. It’s believed that a Dominican and a Venezuelan are among dead.
The Police said it found three 9 millimeter pistols, ammunition, five cell phones and two long-range radios in the house. It seized a Ford F-150 pickup truck, a Hyundai Veracruz SUV, and Toyota 4-Runner, all with exhibition tags.
Police chief Rafael Guzmán today widened the investigation by designating the three generals who head the entity’s Criminal Intelligence, Antinarcotics and Internal Affairs Departments.
The maid Carvajal said the group came to the house at about 10 a.m. Monday in two black and one white SUV and demanded the drugs, and those inside gave them the key to a blue Daihatsu truck parked at the house. She added that the group had been living in that place for around one month.
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
Another one bites the wacky dust. Times 7.
Not to worry, they probably have another ton en route as I write.
From: United States
And the only survivor, the Nicaraguan Holi Gomez, 30,
I feel bad for you bro - if justice is really served.
From: United States
It's a shame how our country is the "Fountain of youth" for all these drug traffickers
From: United States
Legalize it. If the government charged a tariff on the drugs, the DR would be a very rich nation.
From: Haiti
This is quite frightening in my opinion. I fear that the Dominican Republic (Haiti as well) will soon become the next cartel hotspot a la 1980s Colombia. This is a serious affront to the island's reputation (Haiti already has to deal with a bad image that its desperately trying to fight off) and if this gets worse than tourism in D.R might be dealt a very serious blow. Drug trafficking devastates societies when it thrives and so we have to deal with this before it boils over.
From: United States
I agree with you HAYkickyouintheSHIN, this is really bad, everyone see's it, everyone know's it but it's just oblivious (kinda like (american physco)
Are you crazy if we legalize it, DR is really going in the sh**ter. Besides Dr would never see the money, remember, it's always missing.
From: United States
Crazy would be trying to fight it in a country like the DR where everybody knows whats going on and they all look the other way. HAYkickyouintheSHIN I agree with you. But I do think we should legalize it because anything in moderation is OK. The government should allow pharmacies to sell the drugs it would eliminate the corner drug dealers. There would be no cartel, no US funded drug war, no 'masacres'.
From: Haiti
Well both gov'ts have to address this matter as quickly as possible and try to deal with this as efficiently as they can because the last thing Haiti and D.R need is to become fully-fledged narco-states. Can you imagine PAP and SD turning into the Caribbean versions of 1980s Cali and Medellin? Convicted drug traffickers on both sides of the island should automatically receive life sentences. Both peoples need to put the bickering aside for one moment and put this on the top of their lists. This has got to end so that we can prevent a Haitian or Dominican Pablo Escobar from engulfing the island into a state of fear and violence.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
You are naive to think this is not happening at different levels on practically every island in the Caribe and has been for years
From: Haiti
goulet I know drug trafficking has been present in the Caribbean for many years however I believe it is getting worse now especially on Hispaniola. Drug-related crimes such as these weren't as apparent as they seem to be getting now. I'm simply advocating tougher action.
From: Haiti
GC, right out of my mouth. This drug dealing has been going on for years it is getting worse because the Colombian cartel has moved to the island of hispaniola. Hay, the haitian pablo escobar was already in the making but someone ratted him out. There was this colombian trafficker that promise to build Jacmel if he was given impunity to run his industry. Let me be quiet..if you think this wasn't known by the people that is suppose to fight this war on drugs. I say legalising it would be better off where government can tax its sale just like tobacco.
From: United States
Ah, street justice. 7 less savages. The one person to blame for the increase in drug traffficking in DR? Hipolito.
Written by: Jander, 6 Aug 2008 9:02 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: Jander, 6 Aug 2008 9:18 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: mrios, 6 Aug 2008 9:26 PM
From: United States
God Help Us ! After reading about the mass murder in Bani a few things pop in my head like...
Was this a planned hit by insiders with good reliable up to date information ? "The perfect set-up"..
With the total numbered murdered the first thing that pops in my mind is, is this a "Hit & Run" or can we say "Pay-back "? or even "Turf War" ?
Is this the future wave of things to come ? .....Lets face it, this is not first time an operation like this has been operating, Right? {1200 KILOS OF COCAINE] one has to be in with very good connections to handle this much volume, right !...
It is much easier to hit an all ready established organization, then be stuck with so much product with no means to profit from, right ?...
And judging by the items recovered at the Murder scene it looks like a no run of the mill drug dealers to me.
Agree not, but after reading the facts so far, this is the only conclusion I can reach at this point.
NOPE TO DOPE, UG TO DRUGS.
From: Dominican Republic
Ever since Bush took over and focused the U.S. resources toward the Middle East and so called "Terrorism," drug trafficking has increased exponentially in the Caribbean. The Americans has diverted resources away (such as patrolling the Caribbean and the Pacific for drugs to chasing terrorists has left the Caribbean vulnerables (since we don't have the military resources to withstand this invasion). Now Caribbean nations have to allocate social and humanitarian resources to put a dent to this flux. But we have failed, now we are becoming consumers and becoming more violent (since drugs and violence go together). I BLAME THE UNITED STATES FOR CONSUMING AND FOR IGNORING THE PROBLEM!
Written by: mrios, 6 Aug 2008 9:50 PM
From: United States
Greenwave,
Wake-up ! Bro...More like sense "THE WAR ON TERRORIST" the U.S has redirected it's power by enforcing it's International borders, thus pushing the drug Cartels to find alternate routes via the Caribbean and into the U.S....The DR has the MORAL RESPONSIBILITY to educate our YOUTH in the dangers of drug use.....And establish a NO USE, NO NEED...NOT IN MY COUNTRY social mentality.
Written by: mrios, 6 Aug 2008 10:28 PM
From: United States
NOW.....The challenge will be what well happen to the 1200 kilos of high grade cocaine roaming the streets of the Dom. Rep. THAT IS IF.....It has not been sent to the good old U.S
Written by: anthonyC, 6 Aug 2008 11:13 PM
From: United States
Back in the day whenever there was a Coke bust in the DR all one had to do was wait 3 days and the price on the street would drop significantly. I bet that still holds true today. We use to joke about how they would burn talcum powder for the news cameras.
Written by: Trujillo, 6 Aug 2008 11:35 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Time to get seriously tough. Also the media should be more responsible and not tell everyone there's a survivor, where he's hospitalized, and when the police will interview him. The media just told those responsible to kill the sole survivor before the police gets a chance to interview him by doing that.
Written by: Trujillo, 6 Aug 2008 11:43 PM
From: Dominican Republic
By the way I'm from Bani and in the early 90s I've had seen planes dropping drugs and men in a remote area carrying a huge machine gun. The men looked foreign to me, like south americans. Those that believe you can fight this guys by respecting their human rights or with outdated weapons are fooling themselves.
Written by: Banilejo, 7 Aug 2008 9:32 AM
From: United States, Boston- Paya,Bani.
Im From Paya, Bani.. all this happened 21/2 block away from where my family lives, i talked to one of my friends who lives less than a block away from the scence , he said that there are rumors that there were 2 Espanoles involved too..
Written by: Juango, 7 Aug 2008 10:03 AM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
Someone is pissed that they have lost 1200 kgs($$$). I predict within 15 days we begin seeing bodies appearing, targets of HITMEN, exacting revenge on the thieves. No big deal, business as usual! Life goes on. Don't be surprise to see Law Enforcement officials included in the body count.
From: United States
This may only be the tip of the iceberg .. it will get worse .. there are no simple "technological solutions" to this problem .. as long as that huge cocaine sucking vacum cleaner up north just keeps on running .. and running .. and running .. there will be no solution at all ..
From: United States
In a way this is probably a good eye opener for everyone as many look at the drug news with one eye and the other eye on if Boston won the night before or if the vecina is "pegando cuerno".
The drug dropoffs in the south is legendary and not one major shipment has ever been seized. Sure in the airports or in the Romana area but never in the south. This should blow the lid off of the corruption and flow of drugs for alittle while anyway.
Is this Nicaraguan really a survivor?
Written by: anthonyC, 7 Aug 2008 7:09 PM
From: United States
"as long as that huge cocaine sucking vacum cleaner up north just keeps on running"
Another Dominican with the "Its not my fault" attitude.
Guess what. Narcotraffic in the Dominican Republic IS YOUR PROBLEM! It doesn't Matter where the drugs came from or where they are going.
From: United States
How the hell, if the borders of the US are soooooo fortified, that tons of drugs are still getting through. The US has the highest inmate population in the world, but he drugs just keeps coming through. Where is the problem in the producer or consumer? I say in the consumer. Where you can have a pop artist or MTV video with people obviously smoking weed and puffing smoke right where all teenagers can glorify it.
If there is no demand, the cartels would have to take those plants and shove them up their @sses.
There is relatively little consumption of drugs in DR. Where most people find taking drugs offensive. DR is just a bus stop for the drugs into the US.
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
AnthonyC:
Dude you sound weird...........
From: United States
Maybe somebody can explain who's "fault" it is then .. that drugs are traversing Dominican territory and causing all this havoc .. is it the fault of Dominicans? Is it the fault of the Dominican Government then? It seems that some of the visitors here on DT are living in an UPSIDE DOWN WORLD .. they are so screwed up with all the cocaine they are snorting .. that they are actually starting to believe this is all the fault of the Dominicans .. and all this time they wanted to have ME believe that I was crazy .. that they were "normal" .. these so called "experts" .. who spend their entire day posting on this blog .. were able to "diagnose" my "mental illness" from the comfort and safety of their living rooms .. that is what COCAINE does to people .. gives them ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR .. How can they be "normal" when they are SNORTING so much COCAINE? NO .. it is NOT OUR PROBLEM .. it is YOURS .. STOP SNORTING. JUST STOP.
From: United States
You don't need to be a expert in anything to see that most of those posting on this blog are UNEMPLOYED .. they have nothing to do all day .. they just keep posting .. and posting .. these are our "experts" .. who just sit at their computer all day and write all this stuff that we are reading .. they have NO JOB .. really .. they don't work .. how else could somebody spend the ENTIRE DAY posting on this blog? There are only 24 hours in the day .. and they are here for 24 hours .. there are no other hours spent doing anything else? Our "experts" are UNEMPLOYED. If they have families .. their families must either be starving or have to stand on street corners selling cocaine.
Written by: , 7 Aug 2008 10:10 PM
From:
Your American society is truly corrupt to the core .. your people are lost .. you INVADE and OCCUPY other nations .. and then turn around and call them TERRORISTS .. you INVERT HISTORY .. INVERT the SEQUENCE of events .. to justify your CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR on the world stage .. What could be causing all this? Tell us? What is it about your society that is driving you to the BRINK OF INSANITY? That you have to use so much COCAINE. That we here in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC have to DIE for your RECREATIONAL BEHAVIOR. Adding INSULT TO INJURY .. you are now BLAMING DOMINICANS for the DRUG PROBLEM. Tell me now. WHO IS REALLY INSANE?
From: United States
Blaming DOMINICANS, COLOMBIA and VENEZUELA is not going to get you anywhere. You still have a BIG PROBLEM even if all those 3 countries were to vanish from the face of the earth. You will simply switch to CRACK COCAINE and other illicit drugs. You will increase the abuse of PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION. You will continue looking for more ways to GET HIGH. You just GOTTA GET HIGH each and every day. Each and every week. Each and every year. Why? What is it in your supposedly EFFLUENT country making you so MISERABLE. You have a lot of money. Fancy gadgets. So what is eating you? Why do you have to keep SELF MEDICATING?
Written by: anthonyC, 7 Aug 2008 11:19 PM
From: United States
"There is relatively little consumption of drugs in DR. "
You need to get out more.
Written by: anthonyC, 7 Aug 2008 11:20 PM
From: United States
I am not blaming anyone else.
America's Drug problem is America's Problem.
The DR's drug problem is the DR's problem.
From: United States
The two problems are related and cannot be solved separately .. there is not much in the way of a "Narcotics Market" in the DR to sustain the volume of trafficking we are seeing here in the DR .. the narcotics are headed for the US "Narcotics Market" .. therefore solving the problem in the DR is virtually impossible .. without first addressing the root cause of massive narcotics consumption in the US .. and it is not just illegal narcotics that is plaguing Americans .. they are also addicted to the massive consumption of PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. America is the epitome of a DRUG ADDICTED SOCIETY. The problem is so huge that they have virtually given up dealing with it. So how do you expect a poor country like the DR to handle a problem that is STUMPING the RICHEST NATION ON EARTH?
From: United States
The DR has definitely become a major cocaine transhipment point .. we should therefore be prepared to see more of the kind of carnage witnessed in Bani .. Mexico is dealing with a more highly evolved symptom of the same disease .. after the Arellano-Felix drug cartel lost it's grip on shunting cocaine through Mexico .. they were quickly replaced by a less "professional" and more deadly variant of the same disease .. their fingerprints are all over Tijuana .. which has turned into a war zone of rival drug factions involved in murder and kidnapping .. who do not hesitate wiping out entire families in retaliation for "deals gone bad". Is this what is in store for us in the DR? Well thanks a lot America.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
sang I bet a good percentage is going to Europe via tourist mules
From: United States
Herr Doktor Johann .. you forgot to give me my meds this morning .. and you can see the result .. I am coming by the clinic to get my thorazine .. and the hydrazine for my jet pack .. Herr Doktor Johann .. the situation in Europe is worse than it is in the US .. they treat drug traffickers like celebrity .. the jails are like country clubs .. TV .. Internet .. strip joints .. I mean European traffickers have it easy compared to their American counterparts .. so an INVASION and OCCUPATION of Europe might be a good idea .. but we have to wait a little .. our troops are busy killing Arabs right now .. no time to kill Europeans ..
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Keep me posted
From: United States
Herr Doktor Johann .. I am slipping into a state of thorazine induced nostalgia .. the good old days when America was truly a defender of freedom and democracy by invading FORTRESS EUROPE. It should be repeated on an even larger scale to teach those INSOLENT and UNGRATEFUL Europeans a second lesson in history .. especially the French .. for whom we sacrificed so much among the hedges of NORMANDY .. where is Eisenhower when we really need his help? .. old Ike would have kicked their silly bums .. but we still have you Herr Doktor Johnann .. you can lead us into battle .. reclaim our lost pride .. fight a real enemy .. instead of street hooligans .. Jahwohl Herr Doktor Johann?
Written by: anthonyC, 8 Aug 2008 12:53 PM
From: United States
"Well thanks a lot America."
Right. The Mexicans do not have to take any blame.
From: United States
NO .. the Mexicans are NOT TO BLAME .. they are VICTIMS .. let's say somebody and their family is inside their home .. minding their own business.. they then get hit by bullets being fired by rival gangs .. Should we blame the VICTIMS? blame the POLICE? These drug traffickers were never "invited" into Dominican or Mexican territory. The scale of the problem is so large that neither the Dominican nor the Mexican governments can handle it. In fact the problem is so large that even the US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY is STUMPED. They are sitting around and scratching their heads while thousands of young Americans die from COCAINE .. HEROIN .. METH. However it is DEFINITELY the RESPONSIBILITY of the US GOVERNMENT to HALT THIS SCOURGE .. because AMERICANS are the PRINCIPAL CONSUMERS and VICTIMS of the NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING through Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Sang take my calls ...I must go to Bani to meet with my Cunado
Written by: anthonyC, 8 Aug 2008 1:17 PM
From: United States
"These drug traffickers were never "invited" into Dominican or Mexican territory. "
Do you really Stand by that Statement?
Wasn't one of the Dead Dominican? Who sold them the house? The Car and trucks? If you think that not one single Dominican is involved in this event then you are a fool.
As for Mexico. Those are Mexican Cartels. Mexican Mules. MExican Gunmen. So yes they were invitted by Mexicans!
From: United States
Herr Doktor Johann .. I will take your calls .. no problem .. and while you are there .. you can tell all the people in Bani that the Americans have invented a new PARADIGM .. it's called BLAME THE DOMINICANS .. if a tornado touches down in Puerto Plata .. BLAME THE DOMINICANS .. if a hurricane passes through Dominican territory on it's way to the UNITED STATES .. BLAME THE DOMINICANS .. and since a bunch of DRUG TRAFFICKERS were massacred in BANI .. tell the people of BANI and PERAVIA PROVINCE that THEY are RESPONSIBLE for the PROBLEM. For SELLING the HOUSE, THE CAR, TOILET PAPER, GUNS, COMMUNICATION GEAR to the DRUG TRAFFICKERS. We now have a new TWISTED BRAIN PARADIGM invented by an American on DT.
From: United States
No wonder the UNITED STATES is so BADLY SCREWED UP. AMERICANS just stand there and helplessly watch their country fall apart. The drug cartels are operating right under their noses. Their jails are overflowing. Their business are going overseas. Their economy suffers from double digit inflation. They have a $482 billion budget deficit. Their National Debt is in the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. They are borrowing heavily from the CHINESE to pay off the DEBT SERVICE. They have been attacked by Jihadists. Their citizens are at the top of the hit list of every major Jihadist and Islamist terrorist group in the world. Their most precious gift .. an ability to REASON CORRECTLY .. is GONE. So what do they have left now? NOTHING. NADA. They are dancing on a SINKING SHIP. The AMERICAN TITANIC.
From: United States
GhouliiishColon is nothing but a Chavez propagandist.
The U.S. probably does more than other country when it comes to fighting drugs. Yes Americans use drugs big deal... Hitler didn't smoke or drink, he's my hero. Most drug users are college kids partying and inner city crackheads that stay in the inner city. It's not perfect but what is. FARC is better? Want to go live Russia instead? Venezuela? How safe are the Middle East countries?
In case you haven't noticed the U.S. is trying to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb and exploding it in NYC, where many Dominicans live.
If I were you GhouliiishColon, I'd be more concerned about Venezuela and Iran's problems. In Iran many woman prostitute because the economy is so weak In Venezuela crime is a huge problem since Chavez kicked out DEA agents. Also, nearly all murders go unsolved, very sad. One of the main reasons there's more of a drug problem in D.R. is because flights from Venezuela are up. Remember that DominicanToday re
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
why did you go and do that ? please American505 do not feed the bears....the gentleman you refer to was recently released from a sanitarium where he was restrained for a long time....Now through the magic of chemistry he can return to a semi violent lifestyle if not provoked ..............Now about his lunatic fringe ideas we would only ask that you humor him by agreeing with those harebrained thoughts until the Thorazine starts to kick in....He is actually the illigitimite son of Mother Theresa and a fine fellow once you get to know him
Written by: mrios, 9 Aug 2008 11:01 AM
From: United States
To all,
For those of you who are old enough to remember back in the "60's" when it was KOOL to do drugs, the MOTTO of the day was TURN ON-TUNE IN-TUNE OUT....Who would ever think those acts of rebellion by bunch of "know it alls" would have such a negative impact decades later and on todays Society. THIS IS EVERY BODY'S PROBLEM like it or not, with this "somebody else's problem mentality " has now turned into a WORLD PROBLEM. WAKE UP Drug use corrupts and destroys the very fabric of Human existence .... I just hope the latest killing in Bani isn't a sign of things to come in the DR. Here in the US we have had entire Family's killed in home/robbery invasions which is all to common Let's not kid our selfs this is a DRUG WAR plain and simple and like any WARS the nations of the World must unite and with WAR TACTICS. let's face it Drug Trafficker's make bundles of money to arm,supply, pay-off law Enforcement, Gov. Officials and even raise armed Rebel Armies. PAY NOW, OR PAY LATER
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Not to worry, they probably have another ton en route as I write.
I feel bad for you bro - if justice is really served.
Are you crazy if we legalize it, DR is really going in the sh**ter. Besides Dr would never see the money, remember, it's always missing.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME....fl.insurance.drug.ring/index.html
Was this a planned hit by insiders with good reliable up to date information ? "The perfect set-up"..
With the total numbered murdered the first thing that pops in my mind is, is this a "Hit & Run" or can we say "Pay-back "? or even "Turf War" ?
Is this the future wave of things to come ? .....Lets face it, this is not first time an operation like this has been operating, Right? {1200 KILOS OF COCAINE] one has to be in with very good connections to handle this much volume, right !...
It is much easier to hit an all ready established organization, then be stuck with so much product with no means to profit from, right ?...
And judging by the items recovered at the Murder scene it looks like a no run of the mill drug dealers to me.
Agree not, but after reading the facts so far, this is the only conclusion I can reach at this point.
NOPE TO DOPE, UG TO DRUGS.
Wake-up ! Bro...More like sense "THE WAR ON TERRORIST" the U.S has redirected it's power by enforcing it's International borders, thus pushing the drug Cartels to find alternate routes via the Caribbean and into the U.S....The DR has the MORAL RESPONSIBILITY to educate our YOUTH in the dangers of drug use.....And establish a NO USE, NO NEED...NOT IN MY COUNTRY social mentality.
The drug dropoffs in the south is legendary and not one major shipment has ever been seized. Sure in the airports or in the Romana area but never in the south. This should blow the lid off of the corruption and flow of drugs for alittle while anyway.
Is this Nicaraguan really a survivor?
Another Dominican with the "Its not my fault" attitude.
Guess what. Narcotraffic in the Dominican Republic IS YOUR PROBLEM! It doesn't Matter where the drugs came from or where they are going.
If there is no demand, the cartels would have to take those plants and shove them up their @sses.
There is relatively little consumption of drugs in DR. Where most people find taking drugs offensive. DR is just a bus stop for the drugs into the US.
Dude you sound weird...........
You need to get out more.
America's Drug problem is America's Problem.
The DR's drug problem is the DR's problem.
Right. The Mexicans do not have to take any blame.
Do you really Stand by that Statement?
Wasn't one of the Dead Dominican? Who sold them the house? The Car and trucks? If you think that not one single Dominican is involved in this event then you are a fool.
As for Mexico. Those are Mexican Cartels. Mexican Mules. MExican Gunmen. So yes they were invitted by Mexicans!
The U.S. probably does more than other country when it comes to fighting drugs. Yes Americans use drugs big deal... Hitler didn't smoke or drink, he's my hero. Most drug users are college kids partying and inner city crackheads that stay in the inner city. It's not perfect but what is. FARC is better? Want to go live Russia instead? Venezuela? How safe are the Middle East countries?
In case you haven't noticed the U.S. is trying to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb and exploding it in NYC, where many Dominicans live.
If I were you GhouliiishColon, I'd be more concerned about Venezuela and Iran's problems. In Iran many woman prostitute because the economy is so weak In Venezuela crime is a huge problem since Chavez kicked out DEA agents. Also, nearly all murders go unsolved, very sad. One of the main reasons there's more of a drug problem in D.R. is because flights from Venezuela are up. Remember that DominicanToday re
To all,
For those of you who are old enough to remember back in the "60's" when it was KOOL to do drugs, the MOTTO of the day was TURN ON-TUNE IN-TUNE OUT....Who would ever think those acts of rebellion by bunch of "know it alls" would have such a negative impact decades later and on todays Society. THIS IS EVERY BODY'S PROBLEM like it or not, with this "somebody else's problem mentality " has now turned into a WORLD PROBLEM. WAKE UP Drug use corrupts and destroys the very fabric of Human existence .... I just hope the latest killing in Bani isn't a sign of things to come in the DR. Here in the US we have had entire Family's killed in home/robbery invasions which is all to common Let's not kid our selfs this is a DRUG WAR plain and simple and like any WARS the nations of the World must unite and with WAR TACTICS. let's face it Drug Trafficker's make bundles of money to arm,supply, pay-off law Enforcement, Gov. Officials and even raise armed Rebel Armies. PAY NOW, OR PAY LATER