Weapons for Walkmans

[NewsWhore]

A report in Listin Diario says that in an effort to lower the crime rate in Santo Domingo, teenagers have been encouraged to hand over their weapons in exchange for electrical equipment, sporting goods and food. Teens in the Espaillat neighborhood handed over guns, "liver cutters" and other types of illegal homemade weaponry that they carry illegally. The event was sponsored by the Todos Unidos foundation, which is headed by Dinamarca Reynoso de Pastrano. The exchanges were conducted with the help of Father Alejandro Cabrera before the police could have an opportunity to arrest those exchanging their weapons, or take retaliatory action.

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