More than a thousand Dominicans have left New York in 2023 to return to their country voluntarily by stating that They did not expect the high cost of living in the city, nor the cold, or they miss their family..
Univision 41 interviewed people who went to the Dominican Republic consulate to obtain their carta de ruta, a provisional passport that allows them to return to the island.
Andrés Peña, a Quisqueyan who arrived in New York in August 2021, returned to his country because he missed his children, who could not make the trip.
Furthermore, he pointed out, the Big Apple is not what I expected when it arrived a couple of years ago.
“I thought it was different, you know, people. One sees it and thinks it is a very good life, but those who don’t know decide to come. But mainly my children tell me to come back”, he said.
“ I’d rather be eating rice with egglike this and happy, and not being here,” he added.
At the Dominican consulate last month they received November 185 requests for route letters and so far in 2023 at least 1,200 people They have returned to the Dominican Republic with said document.
Some others, like Miledis Gómez, are grateful for what they experienced in the City, but preferred to return to the Dominican Republic to be close to their family.
“The country is a wonder and as they say there I am not going to die blind,” she commented.
“I feel happy because at least I’m going to where my family is.”
“I have nothing here, only the gratitude I have for this country for this year,” he added.
Others, like Inoel Madera, pointed out that the weather and being away from his loved ones led him to make this decision.
“I don’t like the cold and, well, my family, I’m going to the first troop,” he said.
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His partner’s jealousy and a threat to end the relationship were the triggers for Luis Collado to allegedly murder his partner Rosa Acevedo and his son Gustavo, the victims’ family said.
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In an interview with Univision 41, Ramona, Rosa’s sister, and Sarah, their mother, demanded justice from the authorities for the 52-year-old woman and her 26-year-old son.
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“May he never leave the house again, may he not see the sun,” his sister Ramona asked through tears.
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On November 17, Collado allegedly shot them both inside a home located on Louisiana Avenue, in the East New York area of Brooklyn.
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Acevedo died at the scene and his son Gustavo Devora died on Saturday in a hospital.
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Ramona said that the double homicide was the deadly outcome of a story of jealousy and violence because Collado was allegedly very jealous of his sister and in the days before the murder, the attacks intensified.
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“Wherever she went, she couldn’t go alone, because he was always attached to her,” he said. “But suddenly in the last few days he was already getting aggressive and saying things to her, he got angry with her, any little thing bothered him,” he added.
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The trigger for the tragedy, Rosa’s family added, would have been that the woman had already warned her partner that if she lost her job because of the constant calls she made to her, she would end the relationship. “She had told him: if they fire me from my job because of you, we will leave each other,” her sister explained.
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Acevedo was ultimately fired. That November 17, the woman went to the house to get her things, where she was shot along with her son.
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“From there she went to her house to pick up her clothes to come here. There she became violent.” “She went to get her gun from the bus and there she killed them both,” her sister lamented.
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Rosa’s family assured that they do not have the necessary resources to send the bodies to their native Santiago, in the Dominican Republic.
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That is why they have asked the community for help and through a donation website, in addition to approaching the Dominican consulate in New York.
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Separately, Collado, 52, was arrested and this Wednesday, November 29, he has a court date to resolve his legal situation. The defense of the alleged murderer has requested that he be placed in permanent custody due to fear that he will make an attempt on his life.
2023-12-08 11:38:00
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