{"id":114328,"date":"2018-07-09T11:19:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=114328"},"modified":"2018-07-09T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T15:19:14","slug":"patrol-chooses-wrong-person-to-ask-for-cash-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/07\/09\/patrol-chooses-wrong-person-to-ask-for-cash-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrol chooses wrong person to ask for cash tips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: El D\u00eda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

El Dia director Jose Monegro was hassled by the government\u2019s newly launched mixed patrol policy. Monegro explained in a tweet that he was a victim of \u201cmacuteo\u201d on the highway from Las Americas International Airport to Santo Domingo on 5 July 2018 when returning from a trip to China where he had accepted an invitation of the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n

He says on the road into Santo Domingo he was stopped by a patrol and asked by the officer \u201ccommando, estamos aqui cuidando, deme todo lo que me trajo\u201d Jose Monegro posted the case on his Twitter account. He said that despite he identified himself as the director of El Dia, the agents reiterated their request for money \u201cso they could pay for dinner\u201d. Monegro said he did not give any cash to the agents, wished them good night, and the agents just stared on as he left.<\/p>\n

Monegro doubted the effectiveness of the recent the mixed patrol operation to fight crime.<\/p>\n

The Police reported that in the first four days of the mixed patrol operation some 4,959 persons were stopped. Amongst these, they captured 2,159 knives, 42 unlicensed firearms. The mixed patrol operation began on Wednesday, 4 July 2018, nationwide. The Police said that of those stopped, 65 were known criminals, of which 39 were arrested in flagrant committing of crimes. Some 147 vehicles were retained, of which three had been denounced for robbery, 5,543 of 25,289 motorcycles, including one that was sought for being used in a robbery.<\/p>\n

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9 July 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El Dia director Jose Monegro was hassled by the government\u2019s newly launched mixed patrol policy. Monegro explained in a tweet that he was a victim of \u201cmacuteo\u201d on the highway from Las Americas International Airport to Santo Domingo on 5 July 2018 when returning from a trip to China where he had accepted an invitation … <\/p>\n

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