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08-28-2009, 03:10 PM
Secretary of the Presidency Cesar Pina Toribio announced yesterday at the end of a meeting of the National Council on Democratic Security, chaired by President Leonel Fernandez, that the United States is donating US$30 million to fight drug trafficking. A public bidding will be held on 27 September for new radars to track illegal flights into Dominican air space. Present were Armed Forces Minister, Major General Pedro Rafael Pena Antonio, who was entrusted with presenting a plan for the modernization of border controls the next time they meet. Pina also said the first Super Tucanos, the Brazilian speed jets purchased by the government to fight drug trafficking, would arrive in November. Also attending the meeting was chief of Police Major General Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin, president of the National Drug Council Mabel Feliz Baez, and presidential advisor on narcotics, Marino (Vincho) Vinicio Castillo.
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