NewsWhore
11-08-2006, 05:00 PM
Over the last two years, the Dominican Armed Forces have discharged 7,181 members for serious offenses including drug trafficking, contraband, robbery, assaults, kidnapping, illegal immigration, counterfeiting and other crimes. The number averages out to nearly 300 discharges each month, or ten per day. The group includes 200 high-ranking officers. The statistics do not specify whether it included members of specialized units such as the Airport Security (CESA) or the Port Security (CESEP) forces where many have been caught in illegal activities. According to Diario Libre, the vast majority of officers and men were discharged and sent before ordinary justice during Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez' term as Armed Forces Minister.
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