According to the latest statistics, there have been at least 145 homicides in Santiago province and other parts of the north of the country so far this year. The police say that most have been solved and others are being followed up or are on their way to being solved. The reports say that 53% of them were in Santiago followed by the provinces of Duarte, La Vega, Espaillat, Valverde y Puerto Plata.
Of the homicides, 45 were domestic cases where women were murdered by their partners and ex-partners and 25 were among gangs in disputes over drug sales points, mainly in Santiago, Moca, La Vega y San Francisco de Macorís.
Another ten people died in “exchanges of gunfire” with the police and five were lynched my mobs having been suspected of committing robberies or assaults. The lynching events took place in La Vega, Santiago and Duarte provinces.
Four of the murders were due to family disputes over inheritance and nine murders in the northern area were linked to robberies and assaults.
Two of the murders were as a result of road rage and another 22 following arguments between people who had consumed large quantities of alcohol.
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Listin Diario
22 May 2018
