Deputies approve intercept law

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The Chamber of Deputies approved yesterday the Law on Air and Maritime Interception by a wide margin. Pelegrin Castillo and Jose Ricardo Taveras of the FNP party are the authors of the initiative. Taveras explained to reporters from the Listin Diario that the law establishes the protocols to be used in intercepting suspicious aircraft and ships, especially those related to drug trafficking. Readers will remember the recent accounts of US Navy units training Dominican sailors in the use of swift boats for patrolling Dominican waters. The law also provides for areas of exclusion as well as the use of force as a last alternative. According to the article, "the decision to intercept must be directed by the highest ranking authority in the Dominican Republic."

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