El Caribe reports on the heartbreak of the bereaved families of those killed on Tuesday. A seventh victim, a woman, died in the northern town of Navarrete, where protests continued into Wednesday. As well as the dead, the newspapers report that 34 were injured and 544 were taken into police custody. The relatives of a young man shot dead by police in Santo Domingo’s Los Mina district had no illusions that they would see justice done; they are only too aware that this has not been achieved by the families of the victims of previous incidents. “What justice is going to be done in this country?” says Carmen Martinez, mourning her son Francisco Alberto, 25. Her pessimism and despair are shared by Angela Henriquez, whose 22-year-old son, Nelson Arias, a police officer, was also killed in Tuesday’s disturbances. Writing in Listin Diario, columnist Ana Mitila Lora laments the needless loss of life and the inevitable impunity of those responsible. She points to the fact that many of the deaths occurred accidentally, and asks whether Dominican lives have taken the route of their currency. “These deaths could have been prevented. So many police excesses cannot be justified. Does this mean that Dominican life has also become devalued?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
El Caribe reports on the heartbreak of the bereaved families of those killed on Tuesday. A seventh victim, a woman, died in the northern town of Navarrete, where protests continued into Wednesday. As well as the dead, the newspapers report that 34 were injured and 544 were taken into police custody. The relatives of a … <\/p>\n