Gunfire exchange: 145 dead between January and July

Between January and July of this year, 145 individuals were killed by agents of the Dominican Republic's National Police. These fatalities were officially recorded in the institution's crime statistics under the classification of “legal action.”

This category is utilized by the police force to document deaths occurring during exchanges of gunfire or other confrontations. The reported figures highlight the scale of lethal force employed by law enforcement personnel during the first seven months of the year.