SANTO DOMINGO. -The preventive operation for the December holidays implemented by the National Police has not stopped the wave of muggings and robberies on Ortega y Gasset, San Martín, and John F. Kennedy avenues in the National District.
According to residents, the antisocials operate between 6:00 and 7:00 in the morning, carrying passersby’s wallets and cell phones. The increase in police patrols in these areas has not been able to guarantee the safety of residents, workers, and passersby who circulate daily through these streets; According to its residents, patrolling is frequent, but criminals do not fear the authorities, who comment on their misdeeds minutes after the agents tour the sector.
According to Alejandro Javier, a clerk at a pacas clothing store, the criminals attacked the employees of a call center near his premises, mobilizing armed, by motor and on foot. Robberies at grocery stores and banks are frequent, so they demand police intervention and a permanent presence at subway stations and public transport stops to protect users who are stripped of their belongings.
