DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The patio of the San Luis Fortress in Santiago de los Caballeros, the country’s second largest city, is used as a dump ground for the hundreds of impounded motorcycles and vehicles.

El Caribe reports that the red tape of the justice system makes it difficult for the owners to get back their bikes. As a result, in around 1,200 meters of land there are over 800 motorcycles, and more than 100 cars, trucks and vans. El Caribe reports that around 300 of the bikes have been retained by the Public Prosecutor’s Office because these have were involved in traffic accidents. The other around 500 motorcycles are there due to a lack of lights, participation in clandestine races, or for using license plates that do not correspond to them, or for lack of documentation.

This is the same story that affects the larger “Canódromo” National Transit and Ground Transport Agency (Digesett)...