Gang leaders arrested making "chilenas" in East Santo Domingo
National Police say the "nation" has 27 members
Nikaury Arias
SANTO DOMINGO. The so-called "Trinitarios" gang in the sector of Villa Liberacion, in the municipality of East Santo Domingo (SDE), took a hard blow from the National Police: their two leaders were arrested.
The Police spokesman, Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete, reported yesterday during a press conference that the persons arrested were Fenix Scott Polanco (Fenix) and Jorge Alexis Perez (El Zurdo), who supposedly functioned as the chief and the disciplinarian of this gang. The Police seized hand-made firearms. ("chilenas" are pipes converted into firearms)
In this sense, Mateo Moquete made it clear that both defendants, who presumably where the heads of a gang or "nation" of 27 members, were manufacturers and distributors of "chilenas" in that barrio.
Mateo Moquete noted that the homemade weapons are used by gang members to commit different types of crimes, and are also sold to criminals.
The Colonel showed reporters eight "chilenas", two machetes, four metal tubes, ammunition for an M-16 rifle, and a metal polisher, which were seized from the alleged gang leaders.
"We have to stress the danger of this type of weapon in the hands of gangsters, because like this is how they kill each other, they also rent them to criminals and they also sell them to criminals in order for these to commit their types of crimes," he said.
Although Mateo Moquete indicated that Fenix and El Zurdo are the heads of the "Trinitarios" gang, he said that the National Police are pursuing actively the other members, "in order to eradicate" this clan.
Gangs are a "threat" for children and young people
The spokesman of the National Police stressed that the gangs represent a danger for the children and young people of the country, for whom - he said - it is difficult, once they get in, to leave these groups.
In a like manner he commented that it is "very rare" that those who manage to abandon the gangs don't end up wounded by a knife or a firearm, dead, or in prison.
"And this is a very serious danger, because they produce actions that are completely divorced from what goes on in a normal home and what is taught to our children," he added.
Mateo Moquete said that he feels that the "nations" represent a threat for children and the youth of the Dominican Republic, because - he said - they are recruited through many ways.
Anti-gangs
The spokesman for the National Police, Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete, said that the Anti-gang Directorate gives orientation talks regarding the consequences of belonging to a gang throughout the national territory. "We want to guide them and let the at-risk population no of the real threat that gangs constitute," he said
The Police spokesman, Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete, reported yesterday during a press conference that the persons arrested were Fenix Scott Polanco (Fenix) and Jorge Alexis Perez (El Zurdo), who supposedly functioned as the chief and the disciplinarian of this gang. The Police seized hand-made firearms. ("chilenas" are pipes converted into firearms)
In this sense, Mateo Moquete made it clear that both defendants, who presumably where the heads of a gang or "nation" of 27 members, were manufacturers and distributors of "chilenas" in that barrio.
Mateo Moquete noted that the homemade weapons are used by gang members to commit different types of crimes, and are also sold to criminals.
The Colonel showed reporters eight "chilenas", two machetes, four metal tubes, ammunition for an M-16 rifle, and a metal polisher, which were seized from the alleged gang leaders.
"We have to stress the danger of this type of weapon in the hands of gangsters, because like this is how they kill each other, they also rent them to criminals and they also sell them to criminals in order for these to commit their types of crimes," he said.
Although Mateo Moquete indicated that Fenix and El Zurdo are the heads of the "Trinitarios" gang, he said that the National Police are pursuing actively the other members, "in order to eradicate" this clan.
Gangs are a "threat" for children and young people
The spokesman of the National Police stressed that the gangs represent a danger for the children and young people of the country, for whom - he said - it is difficult, once they get in, to leave these groups.
In a like manner he commented that it is "very rare" that those who manage to abandon the gangs don't end up wounded by a knife or a firearm, dead, or in prison.
"And this is a very serious danger, because they produce actions that are completely divorced from what goes on in a normal home and what is taught to our children," he added.
Mateo Moquete said that he feels that the "nations" represent a threat for children and the youth of the Dominican Republic, because - he said - they are recruited through many ways.
Anti-gangs
The spokesman for the National Police, Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete, said that the Anti-gang Directorate gives orientation talks regarding the consequences of belonging to a gang throughout the national territory. "We want to guide them and let the at-risk population no of the real threat that gangs constitute," he said
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