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Santo Domingo.- The Navy Chief of Staff on Monday warned that a tough fight is being waged against drug traffickers and any one who attempt to perpetrate criminals along the country's coasts.
Vice Admiral Edwin Dominici said the Dominican Navy will fight drug trafficking "inch by inch, at every corner, since most of the illegal acts occur along the coasts.”
He said the military branch conducts strict vigilance along the entire coastline to keep boats from conduct illegal crossings and smuggling.
The senior officer’s statements come just days after the Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard and the local antinarcotics agency (DNCD) announced a major drug haul along the southwestern coast.
Dominici and other senior Navy officers laid a wreath at the Altar of the Nation to honor the patriarch Juan Pablo Duarte.
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USD $609 billions: War in Afghanistan up to now
USD $20 billions: War against drugs in that time period
USD $450 millions: Invested in Latin America towards war against drugs in that time period
Terrorist kill thousands of people but drugs kill millions.
Sadness fill my eyes.
It's a good thing that the 50 caliber gun upfront, that's what I suppose it to be and I could be wrong, is much faster than drug running boats because, otherwise, drug runners possibly have faster boats than this old vessel.
MJEV.
It's newer than you thought. Here's it's description:
"GC-112 Altair
Swiftships 35 Meter Patrol Boat
Built in 2003 by the Swiftships shipbuilders. It is used for coastal and river patrols, search and rescue operations, and anti-narcotics operations. It is armed with two M-2 0.50 cal. machine guns and one Oerlikon 20mm cannon (single)."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Navy
PS: Check out the Dominican built boats. This is where Hipolito and his people finished embezzling a few more millions of dollars in 2003-2004.
'tough fight against drug traffickers' - which means the RD military against the RD military.
This should be interesting.
F... tough.
To him it is tough to keep the drugs coming.
He is right, the fight is tough !!!
Fight against,
Drug Dealers,
Traffickers,
Loose Judicial system,
Corrupt military commanders in the drug trade,
Corrupt government official in the drug business,
The elements,
Nevertheless, If you keep fighting,
You are saving a lot of lives, and fighting for your country to have a future.
Vice Admiral Edwin Dominici, Kudos to you !!!!
The fight is never lost, unless you give up, or give in.
@Danilo,
Many thanks for clarifying, correcting me.
MJEV.