My heart goes out to the victim's family for having their love one murdered.
From what I read of this article this crime sounds like a set-up robbery.
The DR police better get control of all crimes commited.......is the DR becoming lawless ?
These types of crimes have a negetive effect on the DR economy which benefits greatly from foreign buisness, tourist and investors.
If these two are arrested.....jail them....quick trial....if guilty.....the rope or LIFE IN PRISON.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the victim's family.

Is the DR becoming lawless?

NO. The DR IS lawless.

Quick trial?

Obviously you haven't noticed that it can take years before a criminal (banker, bank robber, anyone with money) comes to trial. It all depends on your connections.

it seems that nine times out of ten the offenders are known to the victim ,,maybe as a gardener, guard, some sort of worker in or around the house and he has an accomplice . I think that is why these crimes are solved very quickly by the police but no consolation for the family of the victim. Why is it that these people think they can get away with it when ,in fact ,all these crimes are solved so quickly .??
I only hope it does not happen to me as i am at the mercy of many people .but i think they are friends and I am not particularly rich with much cash or jewelery in the house .

The DR is not really lawless in the sense of the word but does have laws as good as any other country or even better.
The problem lies with the incompetent and/or corrupt authorities who do not take any interest in enforcing the laws (unless it is for their personal gain).
Thus most crimes will only be followed up if there is money to be made.

m'frog

In the DR who is on the right side of the law doesn't always depend on who pays the most. In cases like this someone has to be blamed right away to make the police look like they solved the case easily. In some cases the case is closed easily but people need to look closer at the suspects. Notice no names were given so who knows if these suspects even exist.

These type crimes are part of life in 2010...no matter what country you live in.
I feel badly for this victim and his family.
In nearly every place that I travel- Europe, South America, SE Asia, robbery/murders are almost a daily event.
Our society, not just the DR, is spinning out of control. The police have only protected us when the criminals were intimidated by them. That barrier which the police provided was mere gauze and most civilians never worried about its need, until now.
The riff-raff is no longer worried about the consequences which come from their misdeeds.
The way I see it, there are only two options.
1) Everyone stick their heads in the sand and act like nothing is happening until something
does, and than scream in disgust when it does.
2) Have all citizens carry weapons to thwart any attack.

Welcome to the "Brave New World"!

I'll repeat this for the 5rd time.....is it any wonder why many in the DR take the law into there own hands.

Once in Santo Domingo near Duarte St. I saw a man who was acussed of stealing, the next thing you know approx. 6-7 people came out of nowhere and beat the holy heck out of this guy.

Had it not been for a Police Officer who was about a block away when this incident happened and who only served to save this mans life, then take him away.

Bottom line is the Public is fed-up with crime.

Talk about STREET JUSTICE DOMINICAN STYLE.

Long gone are the days of respect for life, honor, morals and self respect.....
I believe the cause is.....corruption of morals and the destruction of the Family unit, thus man living by his own set of rules, if it fells good...do it.

God save the DR from its self.

Before I forget.......from little info. printed this crime sounds and has the makings of an inside job [robbery] gone wrong.

yes crimes like this are nearly always inside jobs ..that is why they are solved so quickly ..there have been many of them in Nagua , Sosua; la Romana and in Bavaro ..the police start with people the victims know and yet the criminals never learn.

Whenever a crime like this happens it's not something random. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. This gentleman mr. Tarlow obviously pissed off somebody and they came back for satisfaction. In DR if you piss someone off enough they will kill you. The kindest most simple individual will try to get revenge if he believes he has been besmirched.

It's called the law of the machete, and he who has the biggest machete... wins.

yuuuuuhhhh... in the DR's current economic state.... anybody who is a from another country or who has money is a target..... This guy didn't have to piss off anyone.... Sosua is beginning to feel the deep cuts in it's pockets due to the lack of tourist... and not basically because tourist season is over.... Hotels cut back there staffs months ago...restaurants have been closed at a quicker rate and the people ain't happy because they are being forced out of there barrios (Charimicos)..... Happy days ain't here again...... All this guy had to do was to look like he had money..... and he was 65! VICTIM! In these circumstances you don't need to piss off anybody.... Bad economic situations call for desperate actions.....

no one deserves to die just for some money ..far better to rob and not to murder or wound

I understand Ricardo,

But you have to understand that If you come to play in the DR. the rules are different.

You just can't go around acting like Mr. Macho when the Tigres are more Macho than you.

And from my experience with USA attorneys they are all Whores. they sell them self.

El prof is the judge, jury and the witness..... he must not of received his cut........

People can try to rationalize this any way they want to but the bottom line is that tourists don't have to come here if they are scared away. There are safer places to go. Everybody will suffer if they stop coming. That's why the punishments must be swift and harsh for these types of crimes.

El Profe..
So your theory is that it is a crime of revenge? For pissing someone off? And not a homicide committed during a robbery?
Do you believe that his profession made his murder justifiable?
Familiar with the concept of karma?

Ok Guy's look, I don't think taking someone’s life is justifiable, but we all Know that Most Lawyers are crooks themselves. They know what’s going on. I have been in court and seen it with my own two eyes and heard it with my own two ears.

Yes I have a hard-on for lawyers, and not just in the USA. They are all a bunch of Whores that sell themselves (Judges Also) to whoever has the most to offer.

Think back to the O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson case. They were both guilty as hell, but who had the money to pay everybody off?

Do you call that JUSTICE.... HELL NO.....

How about if that was your daughter?

How about if that was your son (son's)?

actually, walnut, El Profe is just another in a long line of guys here who have to place the blame for everything on the other guy. so, in this case, the victim just happens to be from a category of people that prof does not like, so, by simple deduction, his demise was his doing. no, it was not occasioned by some bloodthirsty hoodlum, who snuffed out the life of a man in the autumn of his years. it happened because the guy, by the thinking of profe, was loathsome, and loathsome people better not mess with dominicans! well, i hope profe realizes that we are in the information age, and reports like this are read by prospective travelers and investors to this country, many of whom value their safety over sun and sand.

I know for a fact that If you screw with the wrong people, You are screw yourself.

Here in the DR they will find you floating down a river up side down and no one will stand up for you.

You have to learn to live by the law of the land or don't come here at all.

Point blank. Like it or leave it.....

This is There Country and not ours. Respect and be Respected

Love and be Loved

Screw and Your Screwed.

Profe, quit while you are behind, and stop making such an unequivocal ass of yourself for all the world to see. OJ Simpson received a jury trial. no lawyer in his right mind is going to take the chance necessary to pay off 12 sitting jurors, plus the alternates. jury tampering is a serious crime in the USA. guys go to jail for it. lawyers get disbarred. are you dumb enough to think that a guy like Alan Dershowitz would risk a stellar career, compounded with the risk of doing time, to pay off jurors? do you really live in the USA? if you do, you should get out more often, and see how that country really works.

profe, in just about any country, you screw with the wrong people, you could get screwed , yourself. now, just what suggests to your perception that this guy screwed with anyone? a hunch? a sixth sense? inside information? rumor? innuendo? which is it? or, is it all of the above?

DreadLocks,

I have lived in the DR for the past 3 years and I have seen a lot in my three years. I am not in any way putting down the Dominican Republic. I Love this Country and I respect the people.

What I am trying to say is that most (95%) of lawyers sell themselves off. Is that such a big mystery to all?

well, 20 years gives me more opportunity to have seen more than you have. and you are just babbling away , without making any semblance of a rational argument. now calm down, gather your thoughts, and try to compose something that makes at least some semblance of sense.

DreadLocks,

He Is a Lawyer, Corporate Lawyer at that.

For all we know it might have been a couple of thugs from Portland who did him in.

all scenarios are possible. that is why the word SPECULATION remains in the dictionary.

DreadLocks, You always try to come off as if you are the freaking dictionary to life.

I have a little something for you

You need to release the dreadlocks from your hard head so your freaking brain can breath and then you might be able to understand other peoples points of view.

actually, profe, i do understand some people. it is the idiots that give me problems.

Actually, I read else where that the Attorney Arthur Lee Tarlow, just sued and won a huge settlement against a business based in Sosua. The article wouldn't say what business, but the fact that they even mentioned it seems to imply that this was some type of retaliation for the lawsuit. However, honestly this is all speculation.

And as a side note I think Profe is right revenge is much more likely in the DR than it is in the States. Only because the States have more money to spend on Law Enforecement and Court system so a criminal is more likely to get caught and not be able to get away with it.

Dominicans are born born with the entitlement gene and are pathologically corrupt.

If they 'THINK' you have something, you are a target. They have no moral compass to tell them that they can't kill, rich or poor.

There is also no one in authority to teach them any differently. It is a given that if you are a politician you steal and lie, if you need something you take it.

pathetic... grow the f.... up.

Gmiller, You are a f...... moron.

Lopez31,

Then you condone this type of behavior?

Ex-pats are targets, period. Either live in a gated community and have NO contact with the general populace or live behind bars.

Please, your lack of disgust for this type of asocial behavior only validates my opinion.

And you save the benign rhetoric that it happens everywhere.

gmiller ..it looks that ,based on your advice,I have a limited time to live as nearly all my friends are Dominicans and I live outside a gated community ..Actually I have never felt safer than when I go to the capital and walk the streets of Zona Colonial

Hey D.R. The world would like to thank you for Carlos Eduardo Almonte. Glad to see him put your third world country back on the map again.

one reason of criminalisation in the Dominican Republic is the repartiation of Dominican criminal out of the US. So they export their problems. And these guys went to a hard school in the US, which you have never experienced like that 10 years ago. So these problems are catching you where you want to relaxe and invest at very low cost

D.R = Carlos Eduardo Almonte

FragranteDelicto,

As they say S--t starts at the top then flows down.....
Oh'Blama put the U.S on the Social map and at the rate were going soon we'll be rated # 1 of the 3rd world Country's.
Possible causes.........
Could it be a time limit put on the Afghan war ?
The promise of closing Gitmo ?
Ass kissing with speeches in the middle east ?
We don't torture....we treat our enemys who would like more better then to kill us with love, respect, kindness and free legal assitance. I say bull crap.....
Taking advantege of a "real crisis" and letting no "crisis" go to waste.
America......no longer a Christian Nation ?
What U.S Constitution ?
I wonder can this warm fuzzy feeling towards our enemys be removing their fear ?
Which reminds me who's butt is gonna be "kicked" next, his own ?
Can you say 2012 !

I say make Carlos E. Almonte an example......we are at war....give him the death penalty or send him to Gitmo for life.

gmiller,

"Dominicans are born born with the entitlement gene and are pathologically corrupt"

This and your many other generalization remarks are not appreciated. Domincans are very gentle, friendly and warm people. You will find more of these than those that would cut your throat. Good news are worthless and bad news its what makes the headlines. So stop generalizing and defaming Dominians, because you are incorrect with your remarks.

@lovingit: you are absolutely right!!! The US-authorities are even more corrupt in figures, but they call it election help! Why could the BP-desaster happen? not because BP is there, but because some ass-kickers gave the permits. AND WHY?

This man gave back to the Sosua community, he built schools,provided good paying jobs to locals, helped put his employees children through schools and helped with medical expenses; he loved his community. He enrolled in Spanish classes so that he could get acquainted with the community and learn their language. He loved the D.R. and the people that lived there; he was no Tourist. Yes he was a lawyer big deal, so someone should die for litigating business and construction disputes? He was a good man who fought hard for his clients and was honest, loyal and kind hearted. How dare you speak ill of the dead, this man was violently killed for no justifiable reason; get your facts straight before making blind commentary about things you are truly ignorant about. He will be missed.

According to his hometown newspaper, he was an extraordinary man who went out of his way to help many. His personality was of a battler; however, he was a kind hearted person who did many things for many needy people.
There is some mention of a lawsuit against a Dominican company that he recently won.
Was he made a victim by the loser of that suit and not a homicide during a robbery?

I have lived in the DR for nearly 25 years and can't quite grasp a "mafia-style" hit against an important American living in Sosua. Robbed yes, killed, no.

Maybe he did mess with the wrong people. Either way, a decent human being has been murdered

To Elprofe (the seemingly muy inteligente!!)

Arthur Tarlow was a decent man who helped a lot of Dominicans. Your insults against him and the lawyer community in general just show your real face and a proof of your criminal background. This is not the way to speak about a dead person. Have a little respect for his family who is in deep pain right now. You belong banned from future postings

I'm sorry but what little facts disclosed all points to a robbery gone wrong.....if this is a revenge / hit it sure was a sloppy one at that, 4 gun shots and leave a body behind in his own home / bedroom ?

Maybe some thugs thinking they would bank and make a clean clueless crime....I don't think so....only thugs for a quick buck, unplanned and a last min. decission threw fear and desperation would commet such a hastly crime.

I hope all those guilty will be arrested, charged, and convicted then given the mongo tree treatment sence prison seems to be some kind of joke in the DR.

I hope DT will keep us posted on the latest developments on this case.

My heart felt feelings goes to the victim and his Family.

This man was my friend. He was a smart, generous man who loved his family and friends and who was one of the best in his profession. He was greatly admired and respected in Portland and our city is feeling his loss deeply. No one deserves to have their life so violently taken from them, and certainly Art didn't deserve to die like this. Rest in peace, my friend. I'll always miss you!

Merrysunshine,
I hope they arrest ALLTHOSE RESPONSIBLE and give them life in prison.
My heart felt prayers to the Family in this time of great pain.
I hope Justice will be served.

you have to go easy on El Profe. the guy is just not really intelligent.

you have to go easy on El Profe. the guy is just not really intelligent.