Perhaps the headlines were meant to attract attention, but according to El Nacional newspaper’s reporters, the Army’s commanding general, Estanislao Gonell Regalado, said that he had not received reports of improper acts by any of his men over the past few months. The general said that any such report is dealt with immediately and the punishment is handed out right away.
At the same time, the Army chief announced that as a result of Operation Border Fence, some 24,000 undocumented persons were prevented from entering the country from across the border. Together with this effort, the operation also stopped contraband, all the while staying attentive to the events unfolding across the border in Haiti. He noted that the border is manned by 1,200 soldiers, and the border patrol units have been reinforced as well as the elite units and commandoes.
The Dominican border with Haiti is around 376 km long.
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El Nacional
25 February 2019