Very young, my age. Why so young? Failed education system!. If Balaguer would had cared more about our education system long time ago, this kind of things wouldn't ever happen as often as now, because this young fellows would have being in school instead of the streets and about to graduate and get a decent job! ....

But either way no one no matter your condition has the right to kill another person. Filthy pigs. We need capital sentence in this country fast.

WOW!!!! Never thought that this would ever happen in the DR. It has however been a very common occurence in Central America, with the crime-thug, street gang, marasalvatruchas. It has also been happening for a long time in places such as Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico and Colombia. I just hope we will never have to resort towards "death squads" as a way to cleanse the city of the undesirable youth.

Nevertheless, I suspect this to be a recent phenomena just taking hold of the DR. It is quite possible that the newly arrived deported Dominican ex-cons and foreigners alike have imported a new operating methology by manipulating delinquent youth, possibly even by corrupt police and other crime organizations to commit crimes, to take advantage of the penal codes against youth that offer minimal to no consequences.

One theory is that they are trying to finance their "drug habits". There has been a loose focus on education and then couple that with the RD Gov officials "hand in the cookie jar" approach to drug trafficking.... You foster an environment where youth can become more violent & desperate!

Maybe they learn some new tricks from many of the returning ex-cons (i.e. an uncle) that was deported from the US. Clearly, the RD Gov has created a failing system.

Drugs are blatantly sold on the streets & especially on school routes, so maybe one day once the addiction kicked in they had to put school aside. It is a vicious circle while even though some politicians & military officials are getting rich (right under US DEA noses)... there is a greater opportunity costs to society.

So, lets pray for the victims families who lost a father, husband etc.

FYI, an insider works in MIS dept and often cleans-up PC viruses from DEA laptops that are get picked up from porn sites!

taxi drivers will need to install bullet proof glass to separate him from the passengers... Problem is that most taxi drivers use their personal car for taxi use.

It might scare some tourist if they see the taxi like this

Wow that is low. The whole country needs to get overhauled. Ay Trujillo, donde tu ta?

exactly , Trujillo come back :'(

Yes we need to take action and as much as I sympathize with the idea, however, bringing back Trujillo is not the answer either. Two wrongs dont make a right. Anyway good thought.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421308/posts

"From December 1998 through January 1999 there were at least a dozen extrajudicial killings which pointed to a resurgence of activities by paramilitary death squads that target marginalized social sectors. All of those killed were members of maras, youth gangs, and the modus operandi was very similar to the spate of “social cleansing” executions carried out by the Sombra Negra, Black Shadow, organization in 1994-1995. "

Most taxi drivers carry protection but without the glass protecting them, they are attacked without notice

Chop their hands and feet off and then let them go back to their communities! We'll see how many more try to follow their lead!

FYI, an insider works in MIS dept and often cleans-up PC viruses from DEA laptops that are get picked up from porn sites! Not at all, all you Windows losers will forever have viruses. Get a Mac or OS2

Don't know about Santo Domingo but the Taxi Drivers in Sosua think they are Mafia. If I read 7 killed in Sosua I would say that was a good start but they aint finished yet.

If they are decent people I am sorry for their families loss but the ones in Sosua are trash.

Lopez31, i heard in China they do that, not sure. But that will work!.

Once the MLB teams skip them because they are not a real talent many turn to crime

Beautiful, just frickin beautiful !!!

Lopez31 and ate02010:

1. In China, the punishment is very heavy., they do not chop the hands of feet off., but the court will sentence them very very very heavy punishment, depending on " age", "frequency", "motivation", "criminal records"....etc.
2. I believe that the case in this article, the punishment would be minimum 25 yrs to Capital punishment.
3.Recently, there are two cases of drug dealing in China. One case involved one British guy, another case involved 4 Japanese guys.. the only punishment for those foreigners are "CAPITAL" despite British and Japan's strong oppose against China government.
4. China Govt said., drug activities will affect so many innocent people, families, the influence will not and can not evaluated by the money, so there is no way to forgive those drug dealers either Chinese or foreigners nationality.

Guys., DR need , need desperately "CAPITAL" to stop those crime.

actually, joemama, it is just that josean believes, as i do, that the fish stinks from the head down, or, ¨the buck stops here ¨. when a major , or even minor, business fails , the CEO is usually the first to go. nobody is naive enough to believe that Leonel should be on the streets, waving a glock, to maintain law and order. it is a matter of setting the tone. as gruesome as he was, this was not allowable in the days of Trujillo, and he was not patrolling the streets himself. but, his actions conveyed to the hoods that he would fix them if they were caught. it is the permissiveness that allows corruption, delinquency, and the movement of all types of contraband, be it drugs or illegal money movements. somebody has to crack the whip, and that somebody is the President. if he cannot, what good is he?

Anybody knows when the "Columbian Jumper Cable Project" goes into effect, my computer seems to be powering down?

Written by: josean, 12 Apr 2010 12:21 PM
From: United States

These youngsters are essentially the product of LIE-onel Fernandez’s METROLANDIA educational policy called "Leave Every Child Behind!"

Written by: joseana, 12 Apr 2010 2:51 PM
From: crackhead-landia

[These youngsters are essentially the product of LIE-onel Fernandez’s METROLANDIA educational policy called "Leave Every Child Behind!" ]

Not necessarily Leonel Fernandez, but each one of the governments since Trujillo departed have played a role with lack of responsibility on crime and maintaining the kids away from drugs.

and, ateo, they have also managed to leave the kids behind, by short changing education

ateo,

Your right its is a cumulative process but Lie-onel Fernandez has declared himself a Balaguerista so he has assumed the mantle of Balguerismo and all that entails; including Balaguers educational legacy.

Also you and others have declared LIE-onel Fernandez as the second come of Christ and he himself said he is above anyone else in DR in the ability to conceptualize.

So when you have gotten three terms at bat and you have declared yourself as the “greatest baseball player” that has ever lived it is reasonable for the public to expect you get a hit once in a while.

Providing a decent public education showed be a piece of cake for such a “smart” man wouldn’t you think!

Or are we expecting too much from your GURU?

LF is not a perfect person, not even Hussein-Obama a " peace maker" according to some Norwegian crackheads, who promised to return America back to its stable legs has managed to do a lot this last 2 years in power. Being a president is a hard task, LF might not be that good in education system, but he is really good in foreign policies, or doing important projects like dams or roads. Every president has its special abilities. Look even the Hippo has his own special ability in the agriculture sector, he knows how to deal with it even tho he was a disaster, by mismanaging the economy.

"Being a president is a hard task,'

Ateo he was not forced to take the job three times. He asked for it and said he could do it better than anybody else.

PS

Could you be so kind as to list those "good in foreign policies" you claim?

President Fernandez has been a member of the Circle of Montevideo (since 1996), the Council of Freely Elected Government Heads of the Carter Center (since 1997), Spanish Foreign Affairs (since 2000), the Inter-American Dialogue and the Club of Madrid (since 2001).

Moreover, since 2000, he has been presiding over the US-Caribbean Executive Club, organized and sponsored by the Centre for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) of Washington. In 2002, he was elected Chairman of the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic.

O and don't forget all the conflict he has stooped, like with Uribe and Chavez, and the problem in Honduras as well as helping your fellow country-men in Haiti,..

source: http://www.la-republique-dominica....ez-President-of-the-Republic.html

And how have all these feel good resume fillers produced one extra watt of electricity for the average Dominican?

He has stooped all right!

[And how have all these feel good resume fillers produced one extra watt of electricity for the average Dominican?]

josean, in fact it has, maybe is not noticeable now, but when this mad Leon went on trips to Europe to bring investors on renewable energy as part of his policy it has being positive for the energy sector in a long term. 2011 Peravia has its wind turbines finished, and that doesn't include all the investments on energy coming our way this next 10 years!!...

We need a Dominican Fidel Castro to fix or country long live 1J4

Just listen to those comments it is precisely that kind of social chaos is what creates a most fertile soil for the likes of a Fidel or a Chavez to germinate, gain control and stay in power for generations.

The problem is the lack of basic spiritual concepts in the life of the child. It is easy to blame the head of a government for all the faults of a degenerate population. Where do good spiritual values begin in any child? At home on the lap of mom, and grandma. Then reenforced by a decent school system. And the good example of a (legal) father!

It takes a village to raise a child. We are the product of the sum total combination of all environmental influences, such as society, school, church and home/parents. If one or more of these factors are absent or missing in a child's life, it is bound to set the pace for the creation of future criminal elements, but regardless of whether or not all key elements are perfectly set in place, it is not a quarantee for anything. Individuals may have a genetic predisposition to become serial killers or develop some form of deviant criminal behavior for no apparent reason. It is common or typical of many whom committed the most horrendous crimes against society on the surface first appear to be well adjusted, were even raised by excellent parents, came from good homes and upper middle class neighborhoods, yet are worse then the worst of the ghetto.

Guillermone: Your point is well done. Yes there is and always will be a defective crippled brain. But we must agree that is an EXCEPTION, right? A gang of defective people all at the same time; the odds would be nearly immposible. There is where the village comes in. It is almost like the elders have lost the spine to stand up and not tolerate abuse by a few brutal uncareing people. Where does it end? In some innocent person's death.

should take these little bastards by the scruff of the neck out to the local square or plaza and show them what it feels like to be trully intimidated and brutallized and give them 100 lashes with a bamboo cane ... do it in front of all there friends ... make them cry and blubber and shit themselves, and then do it again the next day, and the day after till others start getting the message that this is what happens to those that inflict misery on others, i gaurantee a few displays like this would give other like minded morons something to think about, otherwise this problem is going to keep growing, as it stands now, they are not afraid , its time to instill that fear...

The story we read above is not about delinquent teen-agers, it is rather about the conditions of our present day world, a mirror which reflects our morally sick society. The crime committed by these youth is simply and nothing but a meter which measures the decadence and how low we have fallen. What can we expect from youth when our leaders and role models have abandoned their sense of decency and morality. What can we expect when political corruption is condoned and elected officials allowed to live and enjoy a lavish lifestyle in spite of commiting a non-violent, but illegal and criminal act. What can we expect from our youth when pedophile priests for years sexually abuse minors, yet the church looks the other way or protects them. What can we expect from our youth when drug and alcohol abuse is now an acceptable social activity. What can we expect when divorce rates are at an all time high and children see parents change sexual partners like underwear, the media gloryfies thugs.

guillermone,

Tell it Like It Is my brother, Tell it like is!

Excellent comment!

Written by: guillermone, 12 Apr 2010 10:58 PM
From: United States
Just listen to those comments it is precisely that kind of social chaos is what creates a most fertile soil for the likes of a Fidel or a Chavez to germinate, gain control and stay in power for generations.

Agreed and look how well they are doing, Chavez, power problems, crime problems but damn no opposition, he fixed that. Have you looked at the infrastructure of Cuba lately, yes education is high, but you make more as a taxi driver than as a doctor. what the hell is up with that.

You hit it right on Guillermone. Kudos, Exellently put.

"but you make more as a taxi driver than as a doctor"

No different than DR unfortunately!

u speak about honduras.......
2 nights ago in the city of tegucigalpa their was a shoot-out between rival street gangs battling for control of the drug trade. nine people killed.
this country has been rocked by brutal drug violence for more then a decade.
they say estimated 20,500 people have died violently here in the past 5 years.

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Written by: bienamor, 13 Apr 2010 11:18 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Written by: guillermone, 12 Apr 2010 10:58 PM
From: United States
Just listen to those comments it is precisely that kind of social chaos is what creates a most fertile soil for the likes of a Fidel or a Chavez to germinate, gain control and stay in power for generations.
FIDEL AND CHAVEZ. GOD FORBID
GOOD THOUGHTS BY U.

most doctors in cuba make very little money.
infact all people in cuba make very little money, the castro brothers make sure of this.
hey! even the street walkers make very little.
beautiful ladies only charge $5us----$20us if shes really a kockout.
and that is 4 all night. they tell me my cuban friends in miami.

please dont forget the really nice lady from canada that was killed by 3 young punks last week in pop.....
i still have to ask why kill her?.
take her money but not her life and god have mercy on the poor taxi drivers.
its getting real bad in the island of "smoke and mirrors".

really nothing is for real in the dr any more
wheres the warm openhearted folks? {guess they are scared to come out from their homes with the bars on them"

What kind of name is hair raising? Seriouly for a gang too. I'm sorry but really. I mean they're not suppost to be here but why not like east side gangsta's or something like that. No offense but I thought this was about a hair salon or something that had to do with hair until I read the rest of it.

"No offense but I thought this was about a hair salon or something that had to do with hair until I read the rest of it." Oh God!!! Spare me the thought, I would have kept that comment to myself.

Yeah I dont do that I say what I think or what I want to say whats the point of keeping it in my mind its only gonna bother me. If you smell bad i'll just tell you. But not infront of people. But yeah.

Ok, mishaiti, I respect someone who is upfront and forthright. I got your point and I will take it as face value. But just for the record, in general, I know that it is good to speak your mind, but some times it is best to keep quiet. You just have to be selective as to when to talk and when to clam-up. In this forum it really does not matter, your post added a little extra spice to the stew to make it more flavorful. However, there is a saying, in Spanish, "El pescado muere por la boca." That is why it is best not to always say what you think, once you spurt of words, you just can't never take it back. The tongue though small, a tiny part compared to other organs, it is a very powerful weapon, it can do good just as much as it can do great harm. That's right, a powerful weapon and its ammunition are the words we speak The tongue can be compared to a rudder on a ship. Just as a tiny tiller can control the direction of a large boat, so too, the tongue can control the direction of life

Okay then. Why does everyone keep telling me that now, yeah im actually going to start doing it well good night im tired. Ducez!