You may. U.S. But, I have been here for eight years most of the time. My wife is Dominican and we have two children. We have a house in La Romana where my wife's mother also lives, in an apartment separate. We also have a place at the beach, so I, or we, go to the beach and it is when arriving back to La Romana that I encounter these guys.
If you can explain what they are doing, or anything else useful, I appreciate it.
I am mainly trying not to get into a long conversation with them because I don't know how it will turn out. As I say in the posts above, the first time they waved me over, they just asked if everything is ok? Then asked for money. I told them I don't have anything (money) to give them and left. I did not want to give them something for nothing. The second time they were more aggressive and I gave the guy 200 pesos and he was fine with it. So, the purpose was money for him more than anything else.
I speak Spanish about half what I would like, so I can converse with them, but not perfect by any means. I am not doing anything wrong and they should just let me pass. I have documents for the car, etc. And, don't look like a criminal, much. Jjj.