The vice president of the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (FINJUS), Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman, and the Commissioner for Human Rights, Domingo Porfirio Rojas Nina, condemned the death of the 24 illegal Haitians who suffocated to death after being smuggled into the country, and have asked that the case be thoroughly investigated. Castanos said the case highlights the crude reality of illegal migrant smuggling in this country and illustrates the urgent need for an integral migratory policy. Rojas Nina said that the twelve border control stations have to be investigated, as there could have been complicity in this case. The Director of the Dominican Red Cross, Gustavo Lara, said it was a shame for the country for so many human beings to lose their lives in this manner.