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SOSUA, Dominican Republic. – The local parish priest today said residents here are “alarmed and afraid” as drug trafficking has taken hold of everything and asked “to resume the sense of authority.”
San Antonio de Padua church priest Bernardo Vásquez said individuals dedicated to narcotics traffic and consumption have the control of the community, “because there are places where with the fall of night Police don’t even dare enter.”
He said in an intense shootout Sunday night more than 300 rounds were fired. “This seemed a Vietnam.”
The prelate said people are so scared that church meetings must end at 8 at night because the people are afraid to walk the streets at that hour. “Drug trafficking has the control of Sosúa and this isn’t within the reach of Police”.
He said those linked to drugs “don’t care if they cut anyone’s throat. What’s need is for the authorities to put their pants on.”
This article originated in El Nacional
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