Hmm, according to El Pais today the Spanish government says there are no latin gangs and no xenophobia either....
Lots of Dominicans in Madrid and Barcelona. Not as much as New York of course, but I noticed that when the Dominican press goes looking for the Dominican diaspora vox pop, during elections for instance, they do so both in New York and Madrid/Barcelona. Wasn't there some Spanish government scheme that granted Dominicans working contracts as truck drivers? Most will be relatively low paid work, but I've spoken with educated Dominicans that stated that when considering relocating abroad, they preferred Spain over the US because the language would make it easier to get a job at their level. They preferred the DR most though...