More troops needed for border

[NewsWhore]

During the weekly luncheon meeting at Multimedios El Caribe, the chief of staff of the National Army (EN), Major General Carlos A. Rivera Portes, said that three thousand soldiers are struggling every day along the 390 kilometers of the Haitian border. During his interview with Osvaldo Santana and Manuel Quiroz of El Caribe, General Rivera said that for the fight against illegal trafficking in people and merchandise to be effective, the Army would need three times that number. He said that these troops would not only be used for controlling the frontier, but also to support the National Police and the National Drug Control Department. The National Army now has 20,000 members and Rivera Portes is arguing for the numbers to be increased to 60,000. He staunchly defended the efforts of his personnel along the frontier, stressing the sacrifices that these men and women make in order "to prevent the Dominican-Haitian frontier being the focus of irregularities".

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