El Siglo newspaper reported that the US will boost its technical and financial help so that Dominican can be more effective at control drug contraband through the Dominican frontier with Haiti. US Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera visited President Leonel Fernández at the National Palace. US Ambassador Charles Manatt accompanied him. He said that the DR needs to reinforce the security along its frontier with Haiti to combat drug trafficking. He discussed alternatives so that US drug control agencies can collaborate with Dominican authorities to fight drug trafficking. Recently, US Secretary of Transport Rodney Slater visited President Fernández. During that visit, he told the press that the DR Navy under Rear Admiral Victor García Alecont has been successful had breaking the DR-Puerto Rico route used by drug traffickers. The drug route starts in Colombia, moves on to Haiti, and then to the DR from where it is shipped to Puerto Rico. With the DR-Puerto Rico connection down, the US now seeks to assist the DR at patrolling its frontier.
