President suspends military parade

[NewsWhore]

President Leonel Fernandez suspended the 27 of February Independence Day military parade on the Malecon. The parade is a long-time Dominican tradition. The decision comes on the heels of the widespread media coverage on several cases of complicity of active military with crime, and at a time when several others in the military are under investigation for ties to organized crime and drug trafficking. Mayor General Pedro Rafael Pena Antonio had met with President Leonel Fernandez on Monday.

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