Drugs "biggest national threat"

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Drug trafficking is the biggest threat to the nation. Armed Forces Minister Rafael Pena said that drug trafficking threatens security and the nation's institutions because it destroys society and its leaders and creates a culture of crime and terror. Pena was addressing a conference at the Dominican College of Engineers and Architects. He said the vulnerability of the border with Haiti, which extends for more than 360 kilometers, is a constant concern for security and defense bodies, given the permanent conflicts in Haiti, the country's extreme poverty and the poverty of Dominicans who live along the border. "This means that there is a need to work together so we can increase security and control drug trafficking, arms and people smuggling, and day-to-day crime," he said, in a speech on "New Threats to National Security." He was accompanied by deputy ministers Hugo Gonzalez Borrel, Juan Antonio Campusano Lopez and Julio Cesar Ventura Bayonet, as well as Police chief Major General Rafael Guzman Fermin.

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