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José Izquierdo, Grupo Decoro
HAVANA, July (www.cubanet.org) - Residents of San José de las Lajas,
a municipality south of Havana, complain of what they call a dizzying increase
in burglaries, placing the number of incidents at over a 100 so far this year.
The primary targets of the crime wave are reportedly farm animals, natural
gas tanks, VCRs, and bicycles.
"The crime level in town is unbearable. You can't even leave a towel on
a clothesline, because they will take it. But the most significant thing is how
little attention police pay to this type of crime. You denounce the incident,
and you wait for the authorities to show up, because they say they are
overloaded with work," said Nelsa Gorrita, who lost a natural gas tank from
her home.
One resident attributed the problem to the scarcity of police patrolling at
night.
In an effort to combat the growing crime wave, the government recently gave
pay raises to Interior Ministry officials and increased the number of police and
Technical Investigations Department personnel.
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