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\"gang\"<\/a><\/p>\n

BBC explores a program that my friend and Security Minister of Panama Rodolfo Aguilera believes will change the face of many parts of Colon, San Miuelito and Panama City.<\/p>\n

“They killed one of our guys and we didn’t do anything, no vengeance, nothing, nothing at all,” says 18-year-old Jesus.<\/p>\n

“We really want to change, we want a new life,” he insists.<\/p>\n

Jesus is a member of the now defunct Ninos Ricos (Rich Kids) gang in the Panamanian port city of Colon.<\/p>\n

A year ago, the Rich Kids heard about an amnesty which newly elected President Juan Carlos Varela was offering gang members willing to join a re-socialisation programme called Safer Neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n

Carrot and stick<\/h2>\n

The president’s offer followed the classical carrot-and-stick approach: incentives for those willing to sign up to the three-year programme and the threat of long prison terms for the rest.<\/p>\n

The Rich Kids had already been hit hard by a police crackdown, and with 38 of the 65-strong gang in jail, the remaining 27 sat down to discuss their options.<\/p>\n

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Read the entire BBC story here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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