I have been visiting the DR for the past 6 years now. I was originally introduced to the DR by a Dominican who I made friends with here in the US. After a couple of years of association with him, and his family It became necessary to begin to "quietly alienate" this family because of a number of unbridled behaviors. While I have done nothing to these people, the tendency to project one's faults on to another has happened in the minds of a few of these folk, and maybe a little jealousy too. I have been hearing threats of violence against me if I come to live in the DR. I am prepared to defend myself if someone decides they want to play, and most times barking dogs don't bite. They seem evil enough though so I was wondering if these people could pay corrupt police friends to come to my house and "discover" drugs on a set up, take me to jail, and have me killed inside? Or any variation of some type of coodernated attack to have me eliminated. Tigres in street I believe I can handle, but a concerted effort against me involving the authorities could be more than I could handle. Is this a realistic concern? Incidentally, I am not a gangster, player, drug affiliated, or anything. I have had no problems with the DR police, nor in the US.