Santo Domingo. - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in the country today and it’s likely she’ll  discusses with president Leonel Fernandez both countries’ action in the war against corruption and drug trafficking, which by judging what he has stated, it’s his country’s main security threat.

It’s unusual for a United States cabinet level official to visit Dominican Republic, and her stay is scheduled to last than 24 hours, and though Mrs. Clinton often came as the former first lady and senator, it’s the first time she visits with that new post

Thomas Shannon, U.S. undersecretary of State for hemispheric affairs, told newspaper Listin Diario that the new government of president Barack Obama will increase its aid to the country to fight drug trafficking, since there’s concern it can reach dimensions that endanger stability and governance, as has occurred in other countries.

Obama special adviser Jeffrey Davidow, also interviewed by Listin, said it’s likely Obama and Fernandez will talk directly in the Summit of the Americas, to begin tomorrow in Trinidad and Tobago, where Mrs. Clinton is headed once her visit to Santo Domingo concludes.

As part of the war against drug trafficking, the U.S. authorities are prosecuting several defendants and, in Quirino Paulino’s case, have reached agreements via which Dominican justice sends his direct relatives to be given federal protection, although they haven’t advanced because of a delay with Paulino’s wife.

U.S. diplomatic representatives said then they were “studying” the sentence that created the obstacle.

Also pending in that agenda is what will become of several suspects, as yet unidentified, who would be extradited to the United States on charges of conspiracy with drug traffickers, for which several U.S. prosecutors came to the country as part of the investigation a few months ago.