Politur director Daniel Martinez said that the media should be careful not to issue distortionary information that could cause undue alarm. Speaking on the Despierta con CDN news program, Martinez said that the incident that affected tourists in Punta Rucia had been misreported. According to him, six tourists aboard a van ? not 40 aboard a bus ? were returning from Punta Rucia to Puerto Plata when they were confronted by two thugs wielding a homemade shotgun ? not an Uzi gun, as was erroneously reported. The misinformation was first reported in the Listin Diario and picked up by other press services.