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SANTO DOMINGO.- The head of the Dominican Navy said today the country is victim of a daily airdrop of drugs from South America, and that the Armed Forces lack the tools to confront that situation.
Vice admiral Julio Cesar Ventura Bayonet said a boat without a motor was found near Punta Salina on Wednesday, which he said had been used to gather narcotics airdropped south of Beata island (southwest).
The military official said drugs picked up in Beata was taken to shore by another speedboat, according to intelligence, but couldn’t intercept it because the Navy doesn’t have a craft with the same capacity. "We don’t have the capacity for nocturnal vigilance in our territorial waters to intercept fast boats or aircraft which also bring drug shipments to our country."
He said the boats that transport drugs to Dominican territory can go as fast as 50 knots, whereas Navy craft can reach barely half that speed. "The United States Coast Guard, which has been supporting the country against drug trafficking, doesn’t have sufficient aircraft in the Caribbean region to face the situation either."
The Navy, the National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD), the Dominican Air Force and other law enforcement agencies have said they need more tools and equipment to wage a war on drug trafficking, and on the "daily airdrop" of narcotics along Dominican coasts.
The Navy chief spoke with reporters yesterday in the ribbon-cutting of the new headquarters of the Specialized Port Security Corps (CESEP), located it East Haina Port.
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Putting an anylitical assumption, from an unbiased perspective, the fact remains that the trade of ''illegal drugs' does more to stimulate the economies and balance the division from the haves and the have nots, than legal means of all economies.
By this comment, I don't mean to suggest that it should be accepted as a legal trade necessarily, but I don't believe that any country is serious about actually stopping the flow but more involved in controlling the flow.
If any country involved effectivly stopped the flow of drugs into their country, it would have devastatng effects on their currency, welfare programs, enforcement agencies and political institutions.
-The monies spent on luxury items would be affected. Affecting every aspect from marketable product to production to material supplies including mineing,
Check his or her comments (everytime there is something good she is the first one saying negative stuff about Dominican Republic but at the same time when there is something bad He or she Is so happy)
Anyway keep the good work and let's show some DOMINICAN patriotism regardless or what everybody says.
Mr Texasbill might me one of the few that is 50/50 or better said unbiased, balance and at right tune
This is just an old excuse, and since then nobody goes down. This actual DR administration have the chance to come clean, and do nothing, smart people knows this is a trick. Blowing planes in the Air its not the solution, your Air Force pilots are going to be shuting down innocent flyers. An even in the US, we don't have that authorization to do so, this has been a very planned excuse from your AF and Navy, and both of them are part of the problem.".
Puerto Rico has been destroyed because of the drug trade thruough St. Thomas into PR and into New York. About 15 years ago a HUGE multi-country transport ring involving PR was busted in JFK. DR happens to be closer and since there are more commerical flights from DR now that it has a growing economy, there are more opportunities to trans-ship drugs.
The reason Cuba hasn't been exposed as a player is that there are no direct flights to many countries due to the embargo. You watch, when Castro dies and the US lifts the embargo, it will be a CRAZY seen with crime in Miami etc at an all time high, excuse the pun.
Also in Cuba, the regular guy cannot have a huge mansion and drive a benz so what is his motivation?