TO LAY THE BLAME FOR CRIMES AT THE FEET OF "POVERTY" IS A COP OUT!!!!
If it were true, all poor people would be committing all the crime, they aren't!!
You are leaving out the new reason for all the senseless crimes here in the DR,..."DRUGS"!!!!
Both the use, therefore the need, and turf battles!
It starts at the highest political/military/ &police officials, down to the street dealers.
Who do you think just made it possible for Colombians to travel to the DR WITHOUT a visa????????
Why don't they just send ships from the DR navy to pick up the drugs in Colombia???
OR, ...DO THEY???????????????????????????????
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They would never make it.....floating buckets is what they are.