Minister of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Manuel de Jesus Florentino confirmed the trafficking of illegal weapons through the DR frontier with Haiti. He said this is not the result of negligence on behalf of Dominican authorities. He said that gunrunners are skillful. He says the contraband also occurs through Dominican airports, when the smugglers hide weapons in air-conditioners, television sets and radios. Recently, the US Charge d’Affairs, Linda Watts alerted as to the increasing contraband having incidence on the crime rate. District Attorney Dom?nguez Brito called for more controls along the frontier to avoid entrance of drugs and illegal weapons.
