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| Posted On: | 22-Feb-2005 |
| From: | "Doug" [dougp.....com] |
| Subject: | [roatan] posting from Hondo 1 list Roatan crime |
Can anyone confirm or deny this?? Well, it's happened again............Americans being violently attacked!!! This time long time seasoned residents of Roatan (almost 20 years) were viciously attacked in their home in the secluded Port Royal area by 3 masked, as well as armed intruders. Injuries were experienced by both parties involved, including a death on the intruders side. The 'gringos' unexpectedly put up a fight and threw the intruders plans out the window..........as well as the remaining intruders. The bad guys wore clothing and camouflage peculiar to the island, which is kind of intimidating in itself, to see up close and personal. The reason behind this post is to promote the truth and to open the eyes of any potential investors considering a move to Roatan before they realize that they made a big monetary (and sometimes life altering) mistake. Numerous violent attacks are being experienced by foreign investors to Roatan. The simple one person robberies when no one is home are becoming a thing of the past. The new wave of home invasion now appears to include a minimum of 3 'bad guys', with weapons with the intentions of home invasion, robbing & possibly raping. No more occasional isolated incidents on the western half of the island. The whole island now seems to be violated in this ever growing violent crime wave. I was amassed at the fact that the new Chief of Police from Coxen Hole made the commendable effort of making his way to Port Royal (the opposite end of the 30 mile long island) in the middle of the night in extremely rough seas with soldiers in tow. I was truly impressed with his sincerity of the situation. I would hope that this renewed interest in crime in respect to police officials will eventually deter some criminals in the future. But only the future will tell. Right now, violent crime is griping the xpat community. Yes, we are all aware that this can happen to any of us at any time, and most are prepared to deal with it (if we weren't, we'd have left a loooong time ago). But the frequency of the attracts along with the increased violence and number of assailants involved is becoming alarming. No answers for this topic, as this was not the intent of this post. The reasoning behind this post was to be honest in informing any possible 'Roatan wannabe' that this ain't all honey & cream down here (This ain't Kansas any more Toto). If you have a weak spirit (or heart) and have trouble coping with stress, then you may want to reconsider a move to Roatan............at least until this seemingly ever increasing crime wave retreats back to a ripple. Who knows, maybe with a decrease in investment dollars, decrease in employment (which is already marginal) and a slow down in development, maybe, just maybe someone in government office will see the light and try to remedy this sad & nasty problem before the rest of us just pack up and get the heck out of Dodge. http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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