Cardinal attacks drugs

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The Dominican prelate, Nicolas de Jesus Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez, has issued his most resounding condemnation of drug trafficking and drug use, calling it the greatest problem in the Dominican Republic and Latin America. He complained that no government is capable of facing up to the scourge alone. Referring to the local scene, the Cardinal asked local magistrates to "act with courage, bravery, and don't use kid gloves." He said that drug dealers should be seated in the courtrooms and get sentences that serve as examples to others. Lopez Rodriguez admitted that no single government has the wherewithal to be successful against the drug gangs, which are "well funded and well organized." According to El Caribe, the highest-ranking prelate of the Dominican Church condemned the fact that small planes were landing drugs on the south coast highways. The Cardinal was speaking to reporters after the mass celebrating the V Latin America Episcopal Conference currently being held in Brazil.

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