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10-02-2007, 05:10 PM
Interior and Police Minister Franklyn Almeyda has announced that 17 new sectors in northern Santo Domingo have been included in the Barrio Seguro security plan. Almeyda explained that the Province of Santo Domingo has the highest crime rates in the entire country and that the rate is 20.9% in Santo Domingo North. Of all the robberies and crimes in the DR, 37% are committed in the Province of Santo Domingo, that incorporates areas of Santo Domingo outside of the central National District. Santo Domingo North has a population of 414,344 people. Almeyda explained that in the next few days other sectors in Santo Domingo East would be included in the Plan. Barrio Seguro now operates in 72 sectors in the DR.
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