It is speculated that the term was coined by a traveller upon returning from a stay in Jarabacoa.
Kidnapped for Christ is a documentary film that details the experiences of several teenagers who were removed from their homes and sent to a behavior modification and ex-gay school in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic.
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Escuela Caribe was a boarding school for "troubled" teens near the mountain community of Jarabacoa in the Dominican Republic owned by Marion, Indiana-based New Horizons Youth Ministries, an evangelical organization.
The history of the Jarabacoa cocktail is unknown, it is named after a municipality in the Dominican Republic.