Over the last few days, Santiago police have arrested and indicted 14 couples caught having intercourse in parks and other public areas, according to Diario Libre. Santiago police spokesman Jesus Cordero Paredes, said that some of the detainees were Dominican and Haitian women who were practicing prostitution in the Plaza Valerio park and on the banks of Yaque del Norte River, near Baracoa. Also, people have been caught having sex inside cars on the streets of the city, and even in broad daylight. Cordero Paredes informed that the police are monitoring the different public places of the city which are known to be used by prostitutes and homosexuals.