I know we've all heard it before, but keep an eye on your bags at all times in the airport. Flew down from Newark (EWR) to Santiago (STI) last week. We were a family of 7 so had a lot of bags. After clearing immigration at STI and claiming our bags, there's a baggage scanner when exiting the airport (before you exit where the car rental counters are). The staff there took our bags off their carts to put them in the x-ray machine. They tried to rush us (my family and me) to the exit-side of the machine which raised suspicion. After the bags came through the machine they quickly loaded them on our carts and pointed us to the exit. It seemed too rushed so I did a bag count. No surprises, one carry-on was missing. I turn around and see one of the x-ray workers trying to wheel it over to an office on across the hall. No doubt, they saw the electronics we had in the bag (had an iPad, Bluetooth speaker, small laptop etc.) and thought it would be a quick pay-day. My wife (who's Dominican) shouted at them and once they saw we saw the bag brought it back trying to claim "they didn't know it was ours and were just going to 'keep it safe' in their office". Y'ok! Just a reminder folks regardless of what airport you're in (DR, USA, or anywhere in the world), have a count of your bags, check often, don't leave things unattended-even for a moment, stay aware and if something doesn't 'feel right', it probably isn't so speak up.