The Department of Homeland Security of the United States will carry out an exhaustive investigation regarding international drug trafficking and the potential for terrorism in the area of the Caribbean. The study will include Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the US Virgin islands, Haiti, Cuba and other countries in the area where more than 65,000 pounds of drugs mostly cocaine and heroine were confiscated. The investigation will include the participation of the US Coast Guard, the Border Patrol and other branches of government that deal with illegal narcotics trafficking.
This major step towards identifying the actors in drug trafficking is part of a broad legislative proposal that was approved late last week by the House of Representatives and introduced by the Puerto Rican Observer, Jennifer Gonzalez. This study will cover the entire maritime commercial areas that bring drugs into the United States and will include the Western Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and even the Eastern area of the Pacific Ocean. The study is expected to conclude some six months after the law goes into effect. The proposal was approved by a voice vote that included the members of both parties in the House of Representatives.
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El Nacional
10 September 2018
