Sosua Shoot Out or Firecrackers

[rio2003]

Originally Posted by canbon

My question is this--my friend says it seemed the police were picking people up randomly (last night--not the night it happened) on the street, people that had nothing to do with the shootings--is this normal?

Yes


Rio

[Hillbilly]

The old saw: "If you are caught with the crows....."
Charamicos was the scene of the event, ergo, all of Charamicos must know something. Ergo, let's round up everyone who "might" know something and find out if they do...

This is SOP for the DR police...

HB

[SKY]

Round up the usual suspects. Claude Rains Casablanca 1942.

[DR Mpe]

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

The old saw: "If you are caught with the crows....."
Charamicos was the scene of the event, ergo, all of Charamicos must know something. Ergo, let's round up everyone who "might" know something and find out if they do...

This is SOP for the DR police...

HB

The shots i heard were on Pedro Clisante, El Batey, at around 9.30. Close to the entrance to Villa Flor. Do not exactly know where, did not feel like putting my head too far out of the restaurant I were in.

[liam1]

it's a drug war between Los Charamicos and La Union crews. my wife's family lives near one of the La Union crew's "puntos" where a few shoot-outs occurred in the past few days, and last night her mother rounded up her kids and grandchildren and i drove them to my wife's grandmother's house in a campo above Sosua to stay there for a few days until things calm down.

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by liam1

it's a drug war between Los Charamicos and La Union crews. my wife's family lives near one of the La Union crew's "puntos" where a few shoot-outs occurred in the past few days, and last night her mother rounded up her kids and grandchildren and i drove them to my wife's grandmother's house in a campo above Sosua to stay there for a few days until things calm down.

Here's hoping that the drug dealers manage to kill each other all off without hurting any innocent bystanders.
Then the world would be a better place......

[korejdk]

major shooting right now in Los Charamicos....

[canbon]

Originally Posted by korejdk

major shooting right now in Los Charamicos....

Does anyone have any info on this today?

[Rocky]

On the way out of Sosua in Sosua Abajo, there was a major police/military roadblock, presumably checking for weapons and/or looking for wanted criminals, as well as on the way back in, between the airport and La Union.
I myself have heard no shots nor any rumours of them, except on this thread, but clearly something has been going on and the authorities are doing something about it.

[RenatoSosua]

Source: http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/loc...wn-priest-says

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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