Children used for drug trafficking

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Speaking on the El Dia program on Channel 11, Attorney General Radhames Jimenez addressed the growing number of minors being employed in the drug trafficking business. Coordinator of the Pastoral Juvenil, a youtn program, priest Luis Rosario said that the minors are being increasingly used because they can take more risks given that penalties for them are less severe. Around 400 minors are under arrest for drug trafficking. Rosario said that the solution is not to increase these, but rather to strengthen family. The president of the National Council of Drugs, Mabel Feliz Baez said that minors are used because of the lack of parental supervision. She called for media support to prevention programs carried out by the council. She pointed out that from being merely a bridge, the country is now a major consumer market for drugs. She said that airport controls are effective, and this has lead to an increase in drugs available for sales here. She announced a 2007-2011 National Anti-Drugs Program will be launched in February.

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