One can only treat members of staff as disposable if there is a steady stream of replacements lined up. In the past, Dominican gangsters have had few qualms about bumping off uncooperative associates or sending them to war against other gangs, as they have always had new employees on tap. If prisons in the Dominican Republic—and other places—can tighten that tap, gangs will have to behave more like Pete the patient Dutch dealer, anxious to hang on to what contacts they have, and more likely to resolve their problems peacefully.
