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Offi cial Sponsor 2009 BAJA HA-HA Page 72 • Latitude 38 • October, 2009 NEW SLIPS COMING SOON Limited Availability RESERVE TODAY! Great Long-Term Lease Deals • Up to 15 Years • Summer 2009 • electricity • deli facilities • fire fighting system •waste disposal • fuel dock • 24/7 security • wi-fi LETTERS Alfred sued Santos for $15,000 to settle the case, far more than any medical care or legal fees would justify. The suit that had been dragging on well over a year just came to a close in mid-July, and Santos was given two options: 1) Sign a confession and pay Alfred $3,000 U.S., or 2) go to jail for six years, with his mother being incarcerated, too. There was no jury or any semblance of a legal process in the case. It was a confess-and-pay-or-go-directly-to-jail choice. It’s a shame what an American cruiser might do to replenish his cruising funds. Santos signed the confession, and will have to struggle greatly to make the payments to Alfred over the next six months. It’s a real tragedy, because the Santos we know is an honest, kind, humble, hard-working family man, who only wants only to provide for his wife and young son. Santos provides moorings and marine services to cruisers. We got exceptional service from him at a very reasonable price. We've spent enough significant time with Santos and his family to know that the charges again him are false and that he's been wronged by this whole episode. Santos is a good man, and we support him. Robert & Keli Parker Freedom, Downeaster 38 San Pedro, CA Robert and Keli — To put a little perspective on things, it should be noted that while cruisers have had few problems in El Salvador, the country has one of the highest crime and murder rates in the Americas. It's a country where gangs and extortion are rampant. According to National Public Radio, almost all small businesses in the cities have to pay daily la renta to gangs. Some bus drivers even say they get hit up more than once per route. So we're not talking New Zealand or Switzerland. Like you, we weren't on the scene during the Santos-Alfred troubles. As such, we think it's impossible to know for sure who is guilty of what. But our two-letter response to your claim that you've gotten to know Santos well enough to know he has been wronged is: O.J. The prisons are full of charming people who have committed heinous crimes that their friends and relatives can't fathom. We're particularly puzzled by your assertion that Alfred somehow got in a dispute with Santos "to replenish his cruising kitty." His case might be the one-in-a-million exception to the rule, but generally speaking, foreign visitors — particularly those on "yachts" in extremely poor countries — get the short end of the stick from local authorities and judges. After all, what kind of leverage could Alfred, a budget cruiser, possibly have had against a citizen of El Salvador in El Salvador? Particularly after Alfred had already spent 44 days in a Salvadoran jail? We're never going to know for sure, but if we had to give odds, it would be that Santos and his mama might not be as angelic as you think. And for what it's worth, remember that Santos and Alfred started out as great friends, too. In a typical month, we receive a tremendous volume of letters. So if yours hasn't appeared, don't give up hope. We welcome all letters that are of interest to sailors. Please include your name, your boat's name, hailing port, and, if possible, a way to contact you for clarifications. By far the best way to send letters is to email them to richard@latitude38.com. You can also mail them to 15 Locust, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, or fax them to (415) 383-5816.
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