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SANTIAGO. - A young man shot yesterday during street protests to public works in the northwest municipality Navarrete died in the Santiago hospital Cabral & Báez dawn Wednesday.

The body of Jose Alfredo Gonzalez, 21, was taken to the regional Forensics Lab for an autopsy to him and soon it will be handed over to his relatives who reside in the community Barrero.

After his death popular groups blocked traffic on the Balaguer highway this morning, setting tires afire and confronted police agents sent to the zone.

Meanwhile Gonzalez’s relatives threatened to take his body to the front of Navarrete’s City Council to protest his death, and blame the mayor Amantina Gomez for not meeting the demand to repair streets and roads and other works.

Four people were arrested during the disturbances, two leaders of the Jesus Diplán United Struggle Front and the Committee for Victory (CUPAVE) among them.

At 6 p.m. today, a 24 hour strike also began in the municipality Esperanza and the Jicomé, Yásica municipal districts, and other communities, to demand several works.

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12 comment(s)
Written by: FredCDobbs This user is banned, 17 Jun 2009 12:02 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
why was deadly force used in this situation ? was a law officers life in danger ?
Written by: xwill7, 17 Jun 2009 12:34 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
2 hot heads = one dead
Written by: ateo1992 This user is banned, 17 Jun 2009 2:47 PM
From: Dominican Republic
he was shoot for being a fool!
Written by: Juango, 17 Jun 2009 3:22 PM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
Let me guess, xwill....the unarmed man got shot, right? I had to be self-defense. Sad, very sad!
Written by: xwill7, 17 Jun 2009 3:34 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
Those protest always come out bad. The police don't want to get pushed around, the protestors dont want to get pushed around. Its bad. But the police should use rubber bullets if they need to shoot someone. or tear gas or tazer, atleast the person will live
Written by: FredCDobbs This user is banned, 17 Jun 2009 3:49 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
rubber bullets ,the dogs and the gas but dont taze me bro!
Written by: xwill7, 17 Jun 2009 3:53 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
an old lady got tazed in Texas by a cop
Written by: FredCDobbs This user is banned, 17 Jun 2009 3:55 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
she was a little old trouble maker .....did they give her the rubber hose as well
Written by: xwill7, 17 Jun 2009 3:56 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
that was sick bro
Written by: dreadlocks, 17 Jun 2009 10:36 PM
From: United States
a posting apparently written by an authority on the subject;

he was shoot for being a fool!

mysteriously, or deliberately, there is no account of who actually fired the ordnance. did the police shoot him? was he shot by a counter-protester? once again, fuzzy news reporting, which leaves more questions than it answers.
Written by: poponlaburra, 19 Jun 2009 3:19 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Civil Rights and Peace Activist for Our Dominican People
The question is why these people have to risk their lives to demand the state to fix the streets when millions are spent in the capital for unnecessary projects. The provinces should start to keep their own taxes and use them for the local needs.
Written by: xwill7, 19 Jun 2009 9:33 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
want you street fixed? Just have an official move into your area
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