this I can understand ....incarceration is for banana republics .....correct carlito ?

how come none of the articles lay out what he said exactly? according to these articles he had a regular column in the papers... so what did he criticize this time that drew such a reaction?

These clowns are so transparently corrupt and they have the audacity to do this to a person that is pointing out their failures.

Failed state.

LF you are thief and a liar. “Zero Tolerance”.

This sounds like the armed forces is starting to have differences with the state. Which means Leonel could be the next Zelaya! Start getting your popcorn ready.

So much for Freedom of Speech.

nice way for a young man to earn a pension and how juvenile is this country

Good riddance General... Learn to keep your mouth shut, just like the Western Officers do!

Lopez.....

I here ya... but there is to much Freebies, Brugal, Presi, etc etc etc, and Bachata & baseball in the streets for the people to be bothered with the corruption. The Governments including the private sector know how to keep the people happy & occupied until the next vote is needed. You won't see a revolt in DR as long as the music & beer keep coming to the tables.

This General was writting Articles for this paper for a while and now they retire him becuase he spoke the thruth and the vice president sign his retirement papers not the president, and then we wonder why we have so much crime in our poor country it comes from the top

Undercover...

I hear you! You make a valid point. But, I think a revolt will not be initiated from within. It will probably be spark by the legions of dominicans on the outside looking in. We have the best view of how corrupt the state is..... But we are getting there, just give it some time.

CarlosFranco...

Your first comment towards the white is ridiculous. We have no one to fault but ourselves. We dominicans are at fault because we let it be.

Carlito you would fit right in with Comrade Bob

i dont think, the vicepresident sign that retirement without asking LF first, and i dont think either that LF can be compared with zelaya, but something is true that the dominican chief of police does not like indiscipline police in his quaters xD

It all worked out as we thought. But in the end, the Police chief lost. As he made a moutain out of a molehill. He let it become a no win situation, which reflects poorly on him. The negative publicity this brought to the PN and staff. This General now retired has the Column in the papers and what do you think his opinions will look like. Who knew this guy a week ago? Now everyone will. It's like boxing, all ties go to the champ, but if you tied the champ you really beat him.

Undercover informs

I here ya... but there is to much Freebies, Brugal, Presi, etc etc etc, and Bachata & baseball in the streets for the people to be bothered with the corruption. The Governments including the private sector know how to keep the people happy & occupied until the next vote is needed. You won't see a revolt in DR as long as the music & beer keep coming to the tables.

hey, Undercover; don't forget to check your mailbox tomorrow. i just mailed you the Pulitzer Prize for that article

We have disussed everything about this except what he said. Those who see the way to go for the Dom Rep as anything USA (They even changed the PN Patch to look like NYPD). Should agree with the Now Retired General. The core of his argument, was that he differred from the Bossess in as much as the Police should be a Civil Agency, Not Part of the MIlitary structure as it is, it's Generals and Colonels not responsive or accountable to the Chief of staff.

That is why we have the Secretariat of Interior and Policie (Almeyda). What does the US Army have in common with the NYPD, or the NJ State Police. Now, no General wants to relinquish power. Why do we have DR Navy and Air Force guys assigned to AMET and the DNCD. You seen any COL-MAJ-CPT assigned to the FBI-DEA. The Gen beleived it should be a career path.

Their are examples of ex-Gen being heads of agencies, but that is based on Admin skills. Gen McCaffrey of Gulf war was appointed Drug Czar by Clinton. Again based on organizational skills.

We can not continue to have a guy go from DR Air Force Pilot or Navy Frigate Commander. To chief of security for the CEEE, to operations chief at DNCD. To Attache in Spain, and then Deputy Chief of the Navy. to director of the DNI. Then Chief of Staff of all the armed forces. They do this with enlisted as well we have Navy guys assigned to AMET, so they get more Pay.

I recall meeting in Washington a fairly intelligent Field Grade Officer (LTC) from DR attending a warfare course at Ft McNair (Wash DC). All the other officers were NAVY-Air Force- Army etc. From Latin American countries. He was overwhelmed as he was a DR Police LTC, who came up thru the ranks from Sgt As Sammy Sosa's body Guard.
Not Banana republic, we are a PLATANO REPUBLIC

This is all baggage left over from the tin pot dictator banana republic days ......The military salaries were so low that overlooking their thieving ways was the norm in all the banana republics .....Cut the military by 50% percent minimum ...put them out to pasture

Cut the whole damned botella nomina by 90% and watch the GDP grow exponentially.

Traveras is an agent of change who identified internal RD problems which are self-inflicted (not due to white folks). Traveras was arrested for his freedom of speech and professional insights on the problems. Of course, he was arrested for this (like in Cuba or China). The attorneys challenged this arrest while both the US and the free world watch and the RD Gov decided to back-down and give him a long vacation with pay (retirement with pension).

Now, compare how swift the RD Gov was with Traveras who made valued-added suggestions versus in comparision to how patient the RD Gov was with Army Captian Paulino (as the RD Gov winked and looked the other way for years). One man (Traveras) was to improved his country's internal operations while another (Paulino) is an ememy of the state (and world) in order to gain illegal wealth trafficking drugs.

Here in lines, Dominican justice (or lack thereof). If not for the US Gov being big brother this would have played out worse!

"Cut the military by 50% percent minimum ...put them out to pasture "

Get rid of the military, period. All DR needs is a police force and a border guard (and yes, police can have planes and choppers to patrol the skies). No need to have a bunch of pretentious clowns fancying themselves "generals" walking around.

thanks to those who cleared up what Taveras actually said. now it all makes sense.

In this banana republic police officers arent even allowed to vote. Yup not even the amet guys and gals can vote. That means they don't want police and armed forces to get political.

Keeping the people down and stupid is the rule of the day.

Old adage says people receive the quality of police services they deserve. So let;s not expect Scotland Yard.

Over 20 years ago my Dad said we should just send 50% of the ,military home, with their salary. The savings in just food and other stuff would be amazing.

50% of this military spend their careers at home anyway

true, so true

CarlosFranco... Silence the ones that speak out for positive change, punish them, and the D.R. will rapidly become a USA sooner than later. Too much USA influence and similarities in the D.R. ....It appears this place is not far enough south anymore. Gotta go south of the Venezuelan Frontiera to obtain peace & true democracy as a result of imperialism. It appears to be spreading at an alarming rate. Go Hugo! Go Rafael! Go Evo! Go Raul! Rise up Lula!