Because of this
I think we have to be very careful about unsourced comments
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There is quite a long piece in today's El Faro print version - I can only give online link to front page because other pages don't seem to be accessible
Periodico El Faro
This front page will change next Tues when next front page replaces it. You will see from front page that the Mexican wife of deceased has survived her surgery although still in a clinic & that she has been able to identify one of the assailants. Inside it says a) lawyer colleagues of ex-judge say he isn't the sort to act with rancour but police won't give any details of any interview they might, or might not, have had with him b) Police won't name identified assailant because of ongoing enquiries c) nothing was stolen from the home d) it was speculated that assailants might be Austrian but nothing has been confirmed. The way it was written made me think journalist had heard this one mooted around on the street but had no evidence. What IS looking possible is that assailants, whoever they are, had visited a few days earlier on pretext of renting property from deceased & his wife (i.e. a reconnaisance trip). The article also details the wife's (now widow's) litigation in this country & the case of the judge referred to above. Puerto Plata's Police Chief General Then (recently promoted from Coronel) is in charge of investigations. Sounds like he is being very professional & at this stage giving the press minimal information. Which means they are padding with some speculation IMHO.
That's just to update you. I'd still prefer we examined the issues as a learning tool for expats when faced with judiciary or Gov't functionaries' extortion. Not the petty stuff of everyday life, but the big stuff as referred to earlier. Because, sooner or later, most expats will have experience of this, one way or another.
I think we have to be very careful about unsourced comments
It would be better, Dre Broeders, to give a source (even if you think most of us won't understand the language
).There is quite a long piece in today's El Faro print version - I can only give online link to front page because other pages don't seem to be accessible
Periodico El Faro
This front page will change next Tues when next front page replaces it. You will see from front page that the Mexican wife of deceased has survived her surgery although still in a clinic & that she has been able to identify one of the assailants. Inside it says a) lawyer colleagues of ex-judge say he isn't the sort to act with rancour but police won't give any details of any interview they might, or might not, have had with him b) Police won't name identified assailant because of ongoing enquiries c) nothing was stolen from the home d) it was speculated that assailants might be Austrian but nothing has been confirmed. The way it was written made me think journalist had heard this one mooted around on the street but had no evidence. What IS looking possible is that assailants, whoever they are, had visited a few days earlier on pretext of renting property from deceased & his wife (i.e. a reconnaisance trip). The article also details the wife's (now widow's) litigation in this country & the case of the judge referred to above. Puerto Plata's Police Chief General Then (recently promoted from Coronel) is in charge of investigations. Sounds like he is being very professional & at this stage giving the press minimal information. Which means they are padding with some speculation IMHO.
That's just to update you. I'd still prefer we examined the issues as a learning tool for expats when faced with judiciary or Gov't functionaries' extortion. Not the petty stuff of everyday life, but the big stuff as referred to earlier. Because, sooner or later, most expats will have experience of this, one way or another.
