The Listin Diario reports that the Director of Migration Trajano Moreta Cuevas had alerted national security authorities of the trafficking with illegal travelers through the Herrera Airport. Passengers were illegally leaving the country on board flights from the Santo Domingo airport to Caribbean islands. Moreta said that the authorities knew of the situation prior to the disclosure of the problem by the crash of a small airplane into a mountain in Tamboril, Santiago province. The pilot, who died in the accident, had reported only one passenger. When rescuers reached the plane, they were surprised to find five other persons were on board. Furthermore, it was revealed that the pilot had reported a false name for himself, and two flight plans. One established that the plane was headed for the Puerto Plata International Airport. They other, that it was headed for Nassau, Bahamas. Investigations into the case continue.
