The Listín Diario newspaper reports that drug control authorities visited frontier points and announced the start of an ambitious program to make the frontier provinces less vulnerable to narcotic contraband from Haiti. Political and institutional chaos has turned Haiti into a narco-state, putting additional pressure on the DR to protect its frontier. The president of the National Drug Control Department, Major General Manuel Antonio Lachapelle Suero together with the treasurer of the National Drug Council, Ernesto Vitienes Colubrí visited several frontier points and announced the new program. The program seeks to educate and make frontier citizens more aware of the drug scourge as well as increase vigilance with the use of modern equipment.
