Marc Batuil denounced what he called a wave of muggings, robberies and death every day and worried about his safety, his family and tourists sent a letter to the Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia and copied the head of the police, major General Jose Armando Polanco Gomez.

Further more the same week, in the same Perla Marina thiefs broke in to a villa belonging to an American and stole all his valuables.

"The police so far has been very slow and inefficient, as these events occur almost daily for a month throughout the area."

The diplomat warned that his country could issue a warning to its citizens stating "Do not travel to the Dominican Republic," if the authorities are not implemented security measures to curb crimes in tourist areas before the seasons of foreing visitors begins. 

In this case Dominican Watchdog had to translate Spanish articles as local English media was afraid of running the story!

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Marcos Villegas was robbed on the Carretera Sanchez, near Yaguate in San Cristobal. As reported he was intercepted in his Honda CRV by a group of four armed men who stole an undisclosed amount of money, his luggage and jewels......

Dominican Watchdog Note: This is all the result of 12 years with USELESS LEONEL and his corrupt government, not even the diplomatic corps are they able to protect in the Dominican Republic. It's about time tourist worldwide send a strong signal and stop going to the DR!!

Read more about all the scandals of USELESS LEONEL here - Thank God his term is soon over, but now it looks like his wife Margerita Cedeno Fernandez will be elected VP of the PLD, then the Fernandez family can keep their fingers in the cookie jar!!