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09-10-2009, 01:40 PM
Although his request for a census of Colombians living in the DR was viewed as an insulting generalization about the Colombian people, presidential drug advisor Marino "Vincho" Castillo continues to favor such a survey. Migration director Sigfrido Pared Perez responded by saying that there is a need for a census to determine how many foreigners in general live in the DR.
Castillo estimates that some 4,000 Colombian nationals are currently living in the DR. Quoted in Hoy, Castillo explains his concern about Colombians on the grounds that the overwhelming majority of drug cases investigated in the DR involve Colombians. "It's not two or three, I'd say that 70% of the cases include Colombians or a Colombian structure."
He also urged the Colombian authorities to provide more information on Colombian nationals with drug trafficking histories so that the Dominican authorities could further investigate their whereabouts in the DR. Castillo made his latest comments after a meeting with Colombian ambassador to the DR Mario Montoya.
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Castillo estimates that some 4,000 Colombian nationals are currently living in the DR. Quoted in Hoy, Castillo explains his concern about Colombians on the grounds that the overwhelming majority of drug cases investigated in the DR involve Colombians. "It's not two or three, I'd say that 70% of the cases include Colombians or a Colombian structure."
He also urged the Colombian authorities to provide more information on Colombian nationals with drug trafficking histories so that the Dominican authorities could further investigate their whereabouts in the DR. Castillo made his latest comments after a meeting with Colombian ambassador to the DR Mario Montoya.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)