I live in Santiago, "en el Pekin". This 'barrio' is known as one of the 2 most dangerous: the other one is Cienfuegos.
In the last 2 month the criminality here raised up very much, people here say now Pekin it's the most dangerous.
Every night I can here people shooting. Many times is only for joke, but one person get killed every 3 or 4 days here in the barrio.
I have an old car, I leave it in the street. Last night I sow a neighbout hitting the car, I thiml he was druged.
There is another fact: there are changes in the "drug delivery band", there is apparently a new organization. Ths happened after the Medina Election. So I think maybe, I TOLD MAYBE, some police boss were changed and he or she changed the "drug delivery band". So there is a sort of war within different bands I think.
The local police is trying to do something (maybe, or maybe is helping one of the band). There often is the "black police too", I don't know the name, they are black dressed, like warriors, the have war guns, antibulletkacket, I this they are militar.
So, I think, here the problem is drug: many addicted here, so, they need money to buy it, and they robber, shoot kill for that.
AND there is a new thing: people here is getting used to enter shops or offices with guns to get money.
Someone told me the criminals are getting used to kill people when they robber you in the street, so you can not recognize them in the future (becouse you are dead).
Don't know. I don't earn enough money to go in a better Santiago zone, and the same, I do not know where a better (I mean a more secure) zone is.
I apoligize for my english, it's not my first language and now, only speacking Dominican Spannish, I'm forgetting English.
Bye, jazz21.