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| Posted On: | 22-Feb-2005 |
| From: | "Mark Michaelsen" [marcus8.....netcom.com] |
| Subject: | [roatan] Re: posting from Hondo 1 list Roatan crime |
Hey, at least give us the source of the account if you want someone to take it seriously. It means nothing to me otherwise. --- In roatan.....com, "Doug" wrote: > > 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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