President Danilo Medina (Decree 62-14) has created 21 new generals and four rear admirals for the army, air force and navy and the police. The Dominican Republic is thought to be the Latin American country with the highest number of high-ranking military officers.
The 11 new army generals are Ramon Enrique Jimenez Pena, Rafael Antonio Carrasco Paulino, Sugar Puttzi Frugis Martinez, Pedro Pablo Hurtado Cabreja, Ruben Dario Contreras Polanco, Julio Cesar Solano Duran, Luis Alberto Coronado Abreu and Vicente Mota Medina.
With Decree 61-14, President Medina created four new rear admirals for the Armada (Navy), Edmundo Nestor Martin Felix Pimentel, Franklin Jacob Diaz Gilbert, Emilio Recio Segura and Felix Ernesto Cedeno Guerrero.
Decree 59-14 names four new air force brigadier generals, Elvis Marcelino Feliz Perez, Richard Vasquez Jimenez, Nelson Miguel Moquete Checo and Oscar Ceballos Hidalgo.
Decree 60-14 orders the promotion to general of Pablo Arturo Pujols, Rafael Atahualpa Cabrera Sarita, Orlando Pichardo Reynoso, Teresa Martinez Hernandez and Jacinto Minaya Herrera. Overall, there were 5,927 promotions in the armed forces and the police.