SANTO DOMINGO. – Several Government agencies converged in Boca Chica during a nighttime raid Tuesday, and rescued a 13 and 16 year-old who were being sexually exploited in a bar of the sector La Caleta.
Police agents and Assistant DAs were accompanying Labor Ministry and National Childhood Council (CONANI) inspectors in patrols of the sector, when they learned of the two adolescents who were “working” in a cafeteria, but which was the front for the 12-room brothel, “Pablo Sazon.”
Labor Vice minister Felix hidalgo said measures were taken to protect the minors, who were immediately taken to CONANI. “This operation is part of the Labor Ministry’s actions to eliminate the sexual exploitation of children in Dominican Republic.”
Arrested on the spot were Bernardo Segura Felix, owner of the brothel, and the customer Hansel Samuel, who was allegedly found in on e of the rooms with one of the minors.
Written by: riosm, 18 Jan 2012 8:42 AM
From: United States
Nailed those responsible to the wall.
One has to ask where's the parents at ?
Written by: RoyStone, 18 Jan 2012 8:49 AM
From: Australia
Good question, riosm. In some cases, it is the mothers who put their underage daughters up for sale.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
horrible situation anywhere ,,but if you saw the young girls prostituting themselves in the streets at Boca Chica ,,you would be doubly alarmed..it is now a foul place
Written by: curlando, 18 Jan 2012 9:00 AM
From: United States, Bronx
Nothing good comes out of Boca Chica.
Written by: Atabey, 18 Jan 2012 9:07 AM
From: United States, NYC
"National Childhood Council (CONANI) inspectors in patrols of the sector, when they learned of the two adolescents who were “working” in a cafeteria, but which was the front for the 12-room brothel, “Pablo Sazon.”
"and rescued a 13 and 16 year-old who were being sexually exploited in a bar of the sector La Caleta."
A fully funded educational system with enforcement mechanisms to see to it that parents and others are punished if they should engage in parental abuse of minors would fundamentally take care of the bulk of these sad cases in DR. Of course, such a system would require more than 2% of National GDP funding.
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
Low life punks. Put them away for good.
From: United States
It's a shame what Boca Chica has become...
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
Tony, wrong combo: Dominican and Haitian, what do you expect?
Written by: zooma, 18 Jan 2012 9:34 AM
From: United States
Boca Chica has been known for years for having bad reputation for sexual exploitation. Those readers who know the area can understand the environment of lax government enforcement of laws. Enforcement of the laws when it does happen has been selective, especially when only the local authorities are policing the zone as they are inclined to overlook criminal activities, but only to seek gains from it. Enforcement matters in this case as it seems and suggests because labor ministry and CONANI agents were part of the authority mix and the incident was so bold the authorities had no other choice other than make arrests.
The matter regarding the adolescents, you can forget about parent responsibility; because they, the adolescents, are most likely runaways, street children, or suggested above as sold. They have become victims of human trafficking and belong to the highest bidder. Do not be surprised in future reports they are mentioned to be Haitian.
From: United States, Washington, DC
And this is news.....I thought that this goes on all over the island...... at least from P.P. down to Las terrenas.... My wife gives them the evil eye and they know better than to approach me. She does the same thing for those who beg for money while we're relaxing on the beach...... You want to help those who are seeking handouts but if you give to one then 20 more will come....
Written by: RoyStone, 18 Jan 2012 9:55 AM
From: Australia
This atrocious situation will continue until prostitution is legalized, regulated and controlled, as it is in civilized, enlightened countries.
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
Like pigeons in Central Park
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
The mothers, very often old ho's themselves, are the ones that put those girls on the market.
I'd hit on the parents for endangering a child.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
yes WalterPolo you are correct ...there are 2 women in la Romana that I know , who used to work the discos as prositutes but as they got a bit old lost business, they sent their daughters in to work,,,onafter the disco owner has the first turn ..I taught the 2 girls geography at school several years ago
Written by: josean, 18 Jan 2012 12:43 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
"I taught the 2 girls"
Now that's a frightening thought!
Written by: RonEvane, 18 Jan 2012 1:03 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
"I taught the 2 girls"
.....And they graduated on to an institution of higher learning...
Written by: danny00, 18 Jan 2012 1:39 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
like this is news for most on this site, come on u know this goes on all the time.
s......t u had a law maker {works for the government and is a friend of pres. leo who had a 14y old girlfriend}.
so most are in a sate of shock???
why dont u guys and ladies just leave these kids alone? maybe their is not much of a chance for them to make it in this world but dont help them into a life on the streets for a few dollars.
{yes i know they need the money we all do but dont sell your own flesh and blood.}
Written by: danny00, 18 Jan 2012 1:45 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
mexico blames the united states and god know how many other countries blame uncle sam, uncles sam has more then 12 million people here from mexico and south america, and god knows how many that have a visa., what i have to say for mexico and other countries {why dont u make jobs for your own people? why dont u give the kids like the ones in the dr a real and proper and formal education so that they just might be able to live in the real world why dont u?
Written by: danny00, 18 Jan 2012 1:47 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
The mothers, very often old ho's themselves, are the ones that put those girls on the market.
I'd hit on the parents for endangering a child.
AND WHO MQADE THE MOTHERS LIKE THAT?
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO EDUCATION.
{BE NICE IF THE DOMINICAN MEN WHOULD RESPECT THE WOMEN MORE THEN THEY DO NOW, GET THE PRESSURE OFF OF THEM FOR SEX AT YOUNG AGES.
IN OTHER WORDS LEAVE THEM THE F........ ALONE.
Written by: riosm, 18 Jan 2012 1:57 PM
From: United States
I was at Boca Chica last November, I'll never go back.
For those old enough to remember the beauty that Boca Chica once was in the early early 1970's....NO MORE.
I can only imagine how it looked back in the 1930's when my father and uncles would tell us story's.
Written by: DR_guy, 18 Jan 2012 2:24 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: RoyStone, 18 Jan 2012 9:55 AM
From: Australia
This atrocious situation will continue until prostitution is legalized, regulated and controlled, as it is in civilized, enlightened countries.
BTW
Prostitucion is legal (18+) , pimping is not...
Written by: Atabey, 18 Jan 2012 2:48 PM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: RoyStone, 18 Jan 2012 9:55 AM
From: Australia
This atrocious situation will continue until prostitution is legalized, regulated and controlled, as it is in civilized, enlightened countries."
Written by: WalterPolo, 18 Jan 2012 11:27 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
The mothers, very often old ho's themselves, are the ones that put those girls on the market.
I'd hit on the parents for endangering a child."
Yes and Yes. But remember that in addition to your two policies a well organized and universal system of education would create the institutional framework to offer these young teens and all the other children of DR opportunities to gain the academic foundations.
Written by: Atabey, 18 Jan 2012 2:55 PM
From: United States, NYC
Boca Chica
Situated east from Parque Nacional Submarino La Caleta on Highway 3, and only a five-minute drive east of Las Américas international airport, is the former fishing village of Boca Chica. This was the hot spot for the rich in Trujillo’s days. The wealthy from Santo Domingo would come to their Hamptons-esque getaways, wearing their best and using their posh seaside villas for their elaborate parties.
In the early 1950s, the first major hotel was opened due to the popularity of travel to this area, but by the 1970s, Boca Chica’s reputation with tourists waned because of the development of tourism on the north coast.
However, the lagoon-like waters of the Bahía de Andrés could not be ignored for long, and international (mostly European) travelers started to return by the 1990s.
This financial flux has kept Boca Chica in constant economic doubt, and its reputation has been dragged through the mud by the severe prostitution and tourist scamming that evolved due to tho
Written by: Atabey, 18 Jan 2012 2:56 PM
From: United States, NYC
This financial flux has kept Boca Chica in constant economic doubt, and its reputation has been dragged through the mud by the severe prostitution and tourist scamming that evolved due to those hard times. Although these illicit activities are on a downward trend, they still exist and are being monitored by the local Politur (national tourism police) office.
Nevertheless, a strange dichotomy exists between the larger hotel chains catering to families and some (but not all) of the small and cheaper hotels catering to the single male travelers looking for the debauchery side of Boca Chica. Many of the small hotels are doing their part in trying to clean up the act of Boca Chica.
http://www.moon.com/destinations/....he-south-central-coast/boca-chica Written by: BASTA, 18 Jan 2012 4:25 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
Boca Chica=Better known for many years as Boca Sida
Written by: RoyStone, 18 Jan 2012 6:20 PM
From: Australia
DR_guy,
What is the law in this country regarding prostitution? I thought it was illegal but tolerated if the police get their cut.
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
It is a indictment of the quality of life in Quisqueya. Poverty is a aphrodisiac. However, what about the prostitutes, young and younger, lining the streets behind the malecon in the Capital??? Very obvious and very available. They are young and younger and the Police are well aware of the situation. Of course it is good for the hotels that line the malecon and thus no action is taken. Thank you LF for making DR the favorite for sexual tourism.
Written by: DR_guy, 19 Jan 2012 5:40 AM
From: Dominican Republic
MODEMU, the first Sex Workers Association in the Dominican Republic and indeed the Caribbean.
They have their own organization which is recognized.
Written by: Grosero, 19 Jan 2012 7:52 AM
From: United States
Aussie-ole RoyStone Spouts: This atrocious situation will continue until prostitution is legalized?
BUTT WAIT!
Aussie-ole Prostitution in the Dominican Republic is legal!
Are "You" suggesting that children be allowed to prostitute ?
What a sick son of a beech you are!
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
@Basta
Because of the syphilis, then AIDS, it's become "Con la boca, chica"
Hence the name.
Written by: RonEvane, 19 Jan 2012 8:54 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
{"Thank you LF for making DR the favorite for sexual tourism."}
Hey!, E' pa' lante que vamo!
Written by: DR_guy, 19 Jan 2012 2:00 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Prostitution is not only legal but is accepted and encouraged.
If a girl is half good looking she will have the family, pimps, “Buscones” encouraging them to go out and bring home the bacon.
Most of these girls are knocked up before they turn 16, no education no future and become desperate to feed their babies and buy new shoes. (lol)
It is is what it is...
Written by: RoyStone, 19 Jan 2012 2:27 PM
From: Australia
Grosero,
Late again, with redundant information.
Please tell us where I advocated child prostitution. That's right - you can't because I never have.
What I said was "This atrocious situation will continue until prostitution is legalized, regulated and controlled, as it is in civilized, enlightened countries."
It may be legal here, but is obviously not regulated or controlled, and this is not a civilized county. My argument still stands. Yours fails, dismally. Next time, try to get your thumb out of your bum and your mind out of neutral before blurting out $hit.
Written by: Vivacuba, 19 Jan 2012 2:45 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Coming soon to a place near you in AMERICA, the economy is so bad youth and elderly will be prostituting themselves out to those in government positions with income
Written by: cocoa, 19 Jan 2012 6:17 PM
From: Ecuador
even more disgusting theses dirty old men who pay these girls for sex knowing they are underage and living in the worst poverty ..the clients should be thrown in jail they are old enough to know better not to mess with minors..
Written by: riosm, 19 Jan 2012 6:20 PM
From: United States
VivaCuba
Your full of it and overflowing. Cuba's economy has always been SH** since your uncle took over or you'll be there not the DR.
Written by: Vivacuba, 20 Jan 2012 8:09 AM
From: Dominican Republic
What about the old dirty perverted women paying the young boys?
Written by: RoyStone, 20 Jan 2012 10:14 AM
From: Australia
The problem is not just prostitution.
In out local hospital, there is a 14-year-old having a baby. About 40% of the mothers having babies are 18 and under. Many have 4 by the time they're 21. One woman is having her 9th baby. Another having her 2nd is HIV positive. These women are not prostitutes.
What's going on?
From: United States, words of wisdom from the nutcracker
these brothels are a offering to all the tourist that come to visit , every friend that I know tells me yo when I get there Im leaving my wedding ring at home! The way the dominican republic is heading the writings on the wall say that this country will be another holland or euro trash cesspool that will cater to pedophiles and sexual deviants .
Written by: riosm, 20 Jan 2012 12:01 PM
From: United States
Hellborn25
I agree 100%.
I'll add with.....as I stated many many times in the past the DR is in disparate need of real men/fathers [head of household] who teach their children to respect all woman in general and who take their responsibility in parenting.
The down fall of every society starts in the family, only in the DR I must admit was never far off the ground.
Sad but true.....most Dominican street walkers don't care about a ring and have been known to walk up to tourist couples and ask the man for a BLANK.
Written by: RoyStone, 20 Jan 2012 12:10 PM
From: Australia
hellborn25, don't worry about taking off your wedding ring - they don't care.
I was approached by a prostitute in Boca Chica, in a park, in broad daylight. I was wearing my wedding ring, and with my wife, son and step-father were with me at the time, and this prostitute was nowhere nearly as young or pretty as my wife. They will try any gringo to get a client it seems.
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
Boca chica is the end of the line for old ho's.
Nice girls work nice places.
From: United States, FEEL THE RUSH...RIDE YOUR MTB!
As long as there are tourist coming to 3rd world countries (sorry DR) to prey on the under previlaged for there sex capades, it will never stop. The key here is to lock the pervert for a year in that country, and list him or her on the world wide sexual predators list, and stamp thier passport records with a warning label.
It's very sick just to know that adults can abuse a child (including the religions of the world), and think they can get away with it all the time. This type of shit has to stop!!!!
Written by: riosm, 20 Jan 2012 1:52 PM
From: United States
Undercover
How about stamping "BANNED" from entering the DR for life.
Written by: AlBFine, 19 Feb 2012 12:16 AM
From: Canada
Well, alright. These comments are all well and proper but what MOST of you are missing is that THIS GOES ON EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!
I was watching a show on OWN "Our America" with Lisa Ling and they were showing us 12 year old protitutes walking the streets of Washigton D.C. with their pimps keeping a close eye on them at all times...
There's been a whole bunch of reports of INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN HIGH SOCIETY having "parties" with VERY YOUNG CHILDREN in Washington and Brussels, etc...
12 year old girls are still getting "married off" and have been for EVER.
It is not something that happens ONLY in "3rd World Countries", it is something that HAPPENS.
All of the best intentions and "education" will not fix any of it.
It is like WAR, FAMINE, DEATH, STUPIDITY, etc, etc...
It is part of society.
Some people like boys, some like little girls, some like women, some like men, some like animals...
It is the way of the world and IT WILL NEVER CHANGE.
Move
Written by: RonEvane, 19 Feb 2012 9:36 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
AIBFine. You said it all. Thanks for clarifying it all for us!
Written by: AlBFine, 19 Feb 2012 11:35 AM
From: Canada
You're welcome RonEvane aka Mr.Sarcasm.
Written by: RonEvane, 19 Feb 2012 9:28 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Well, it's not that we don't know what's going on, it's that you said it best!
Truely, no sarcasm!
Written by: Atabey, 22 Feb 2012 7:26 AM
From: United States, NYC
Alarma por más embarazos en niñas de once a 15 años
EL AÑO PASADO DOS MATERNIDADES REGISTRARON 367 CASOS DE ESTE TIPO
En el materno infantil San Lorenzo de Los Mina registraron el año pasado 3,218 partos de adolescentes.
Doris Pantaleón
Santo Domingo
Un notorio incremento en los casos de niñas con edades entre los 11 y 15 años, embarazadas o parturientas, tuvieron durante el año pasado los dos principales hospitales de maternidad de la capital donde en conjunto se registraron 367 nacimientos en jovencitas con ese rango de edad.
En tanto, ascendió a 8,405 el número total de nacimientos en adolescentes hasta los 19 años que registraron la Maternidad Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia y el hospital Materno Infantil San Lorenzo de Los Mina durante el 2011. Para el primer centro el promedio de nacimientos de madres adolescentes ocupó el 31 por ciento de los partos atendidos y para el segundo 38 por ciento.
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One has to ask where's the parents at ?
"and rescued a 13 and 16 year-old who were being sexually exploited in a bar of the sector La Caleta."
A fully funded educational system with enforcement mechanisms to see to it that parents and others are punished if they should engage in parental abuse of minors would fundamentally take care of the bulk of these sad cases in DR. Of course, such a system would require more than 2% of National GDP funding.
Boca Chica has been known for years for having bad reputation for sexual exploitation. Those readers who know the area can understand the environment of lax government enforcement of laws. Enforcement of the laws when it does happen has been selective, especially when only the local authorities are policing the zone as they are inclined to overlook criminal activities, but only to seek gains from it. Enforcement matters in this case as it seems and suggests because labor ministry and CONANI agents were part of the authority mix and the incident was so bold the authorities had no other choice other than make arrests.
The matter regarding the adolescents, you can forget about parent responsibility; because they, the adolescents, are most likely runaways, street children, or suggested above as sold. They have become victims of human trafficking and belong to the highest bidder. Do not be surprised in future reports they are mentioned to be Haitian.
I'd hit on the parents for endangering a child.
"I taught the 2 girls"
Now that's a frightening thought!
"I taught the 2 girls"
.....And they graduated on to an institution of higher learning...
s......t u had a law maker {works for the government and is a friend of pres. leo who had a 14y old girlfriend}.
so most are in a sate of shock???
why dont u guys and ladies just leave these kids alone? maybe their is not much of a chance for them to make it in this world but dont help them into a life on the streets for a few dollars.
{yes i know they need the money we all do but dont sell your own flesh and blood.}
I'd hit on the parents for endangering a child.
AND WHO MQADE THE MOTHERS LIKE THAT?
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO EDUCATION.
{BE NICE IF THE DOMINICAN MEN WHOULD RESPECT THE WOMEN MORE THEN THEY DO NOW, GET THE PRESSURE OFF OF THEM FOR SEX AT YOUNG AGES.
IN OTHER WORDS LEAVE THEM THE F........ ALONE.
For those old enough to remember the beauty that Boca Chica once was in the early early 1970's....NO MORE.
I can only imagine how it looked back in the 1930's when my father and uncles would tell us story's.
From: Australia
This atrocious situation will continue until prostitution is legalized, regulated and controlled, as it is in civilized, enlightened countries.
BTW
Prostitucion is legal (18+) , pimping is not...
From: Australia
This atrocious situation will continue until prostitution is legalized, regulated and controlled, as it is in civilized, enlightened countries."
Written by: WalterPolo, 18 Jan 2012 11:27 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
The mothers, very often old ho's themselves, are the ones that put those girls on the market.
I'd hit on the parents for endangering a child."
Yes and Yes. But remember that in addition to your two policies a well organized and universal system of education would create the institutional framework to offer these young teens and all the other children of DR opportunities to gain the academic foundations.
Situated east from Parque Nacional Submarino La Caleta on Highway 3, and only a five-minute drive east of Las Américas international airport, is the former fishing village of Boca Chica. This was the hot spot for the rich in Trujillo’s days. The wealthy from Santo Domingo would come to their Hamptons-esque getaways, wearing their best and using their posh seaside villas for their elaborate parties.
In the early 1950s, the first major hotel was opened due to the popularity of travel to this area, but by the 1970s, Boca Chica’s reputation with tourists waned because of the development of tourism on the north coast.
However, the lagoon-like waters of the Bahía de Andrés could not be ignored for long, and international (mostly European) travelers started to return by the 1990s.
This financial flux has kept Boca Chica in constant economic doubt, and its reputation has been dragged through the mud by the severe prostitution and tourist scamming that evolved due to tho
This financial flux has kept Boca Chica in constant economic doubt, and its reputation has been dragged through the mud by the severe prostitution and tourist scamming that evolved due to those hard times. Although these illicit activities are on a downward trend, they still exist and are being monitored by the local Politur (national tourism police) office.
Nevertheless, a strange dichotomy exists between the larger hotel chains catering to families and some (but not all) of the small and cheaper hotels catering to the single male travelers looking for the debauchery side of Boca Chica. Many of the small hotels are doing their part in trying to clean up the act of Boca Chica.
http://www.moon.com/destinations/....he-south-central-coast/boca-chica
What is the law in this country regarding prostitution? I thought it was illegal but tolerated if the police get their cut.
They have their own organization which is recognized.
Aussie-ole RoyStone Spouts: This atrocious situation will continue until prostitution is legalized?
BUTT WAIT!
Aussie-ole Prostitution in the Dominican Republic is legal!
Are "You" suggesting that children be allowed to prostitute ?
What a sick son of a beech you are!
Because of the syphilis, then AIDS, it's become "Con la boca, chica"
Hence the name.
{"Thank you LF for making DR the favorite for sexual tourism."}
Hey!, E' pa' lante que vamo!
If a girl is half good looking she will have the family, pimps, “Buscones” encouraging them to go out and bring home the bacon.
Most of these girls are knocked up before they turn 16, no education no future and become desperate to feed their babies and buy new shoes. (lol)
It is is what it is...
Late again, with redundant information.
Please tell us where I advocated child prostitution. That's right - you can't because I never have.
What I said was "This atrocious situation will continue until prostitution is legalized, regulated and controlled, as it is in civilized, enlightened countries."
It may be legal here, but is obviously not regulated or controlled, and this is not a civilized county. My argument still stands. Yours fails, dismally. Next time, try to get your thumb out of your bum and your mind out of neutral before blurting out $hit.
Your full of it and overflowing. Cuba's economy has always been SH** since your uncle took over or you'll be there not the DR.
In out local hospital, there is a 14-year-old having a baby. About 40% of the mothers having babies are 18 and under. Many have 4 by the time they're 21. One woman is having her 9th baby. Another having her 2nd is HIV positive. These women are not prostitutes.
What's going on?
I agree 100%.
I'll add with.....as I stated many many times in the past the DR is in disparate need of real men/fathers [head of household] who teach their children to respect all woman in general and who take their responsibility in parenting.
The down fall of every society starts in the family, only in the DR I must admit was never far off the ground.
Sad but true.....most Dominican street walkers don't care about a ring and have been known to walk up to tourist couples and ask the man for a BLANK.
I was approached by a prostitute in Boca Chica, in a park, in broad daylight. I was wearing my wedding ring, and with my wife, son and step-father were with me at the time, and this prostitute was nowhere nearly as young or pretty as my wife. They will try any gringo to get a client it seems.
Nice girls work nice places.
It's very sick just to know that adults can abuse a child (including the religions of the world), and think they can get away with it all the time. This type of shit has to stop!!!!
How about stamping "BANNED" from entering the DR for life.
I was watching a show on OWN "Our America" with Lisa Ling and they were showing us 12 year old protitutes walking the streets of Washigton D.C. with their pimps keeping a close eye on them at all times...
There's been a whole bunch of reports of INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN HIGH SOCIETY having "parties" with VERY YOUNG CHILDREN in Washington and Brussels, etc...
12 year old girls are still getting "married off" and have been for EVER.
It is not something that happens ONLY in "3rd World Countries", it is something that HAPPENS.
All of the best intentions and "education" will not fix any of it.
It is like WAR, FAMINE, DEATH, STUPIDITY, etc, etc...
It is part of society.
Some people like boys, some like little girls, some like women, some like men, some like animals...
It is the way of the world and IT WILL NEVER CHANGE.
Move
AIBFine. You said it all. Thanks for clarifying it all for us!
Well, it's not that we don't know what's going on, it's that you said it best!
Truely, no sarcasm!
EL AÑO PASADO DOS MATERNIDADES REGISTRARON 367 CASOS DE ESTE TIPO
En el materno infantil San Lorenzo de Los Mina registraron el año pasado 3,218 partos de adolescentes.
Doris Pantaleón
Santo Domingo
Un notorio incremento en los casos de niñas con edades entre los 11 y 15 años, embarazadas o parturientas, tuvieron durante el año pasado los dos principales hospitales de maternidad de la capital donde en conjunto se registraron 367 nacimientos en jovencitas con ese rango de edad.
En tanto, ascendió a 8,405 el número total de nacimientos en adolescentes hasta los 19 años que registraron la Maternidad Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia y el hospital Materno Infantil San Lorenzo de Los Mina durante el 2011. Para el primer centro el promedio de nacimientos de madres adolescentes ocupó el 31 por ciento de los partos atendidos y para el segundo 38 por ciento.
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