The Northern Command of the National Police launched yesterday a "permanent vigilance" against youth gangs in Santiago schools identified by the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) and the regional office of the Ministry of Education as having experienced gang troubles. Police units have been set up at the following schools: Los Ciruelitos, Pueblo Nuevo, Pekin, Pastor, Hoya del Caimito, Cienfuegos, El Ejido and Bella Vista. Recently parents and teachers have complained of gang activities in Santiago schools. The gangs are alleged to have been started by Dominican youths raised in New York City but sent to school in Santiago by their families to get them out of trouble in NY, who now are trying to instate New York gang practices.
