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    Posted On: 18-Apr-2005
    From: "tropicjobs" [markveilleux.....com]
    Subject: [roatan] Re: Child murdered at West End



    Anyone know who the boy was? If he's been hanging around west end
    long I probably knew him. Damn, just damn.
    --- In roatan.....com, Roatan Rick
    wrote:
    >
    > I just got back from West End and found out that one little local
    boys who sold "empanadas" and "baleadas" snacks was murdered in the
    vicinity of the Pura Vida Restaurant and Hotel.
    >
    > Apparently this must have happened last night. Since I got the
    story third hand, it appears the little boy was robbed of the few
    Lemps that he had earned for his family. Apparently he was
    strangled to death. Sad, very sad.
    >
    > The authorities supposedly have started their investigations but
    the different merchants who I know in the area don't believe anyone
    will be taken into custody and charged. Those same merchants also
    think that this incident will be swept under the carpet, they're
    disgusted with the way things are going.
    >
    > I, for one, am very saddened that something like this could happen
    to someone so young. Crime, as I've said many times before has to
    be addressed and quickly. Let's just see what happens now. By the
    way, are the Canatuhr meetings all dead and gone? What happened to
    all the furor after the recent robberies which happened during broad
    daylight?
    >
    > Like I said before, what is it going to take before the
    authorities start playing hardball and tackling the growing crime
    issue, some more deaths?
    >
    > Rick
    >
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