Minister of Defense Major General Carlos Luciano Díaz Morfa appointed Colonel Freddy R. Soto Thorman to direct the Specialized Land Border Security Corps (Cesfront), the government agency in charge of security on the border with Haiti. He replaces Brigadier General Frank Mauricio Cabrera Rizek.
This appointment comes at a time when the relations with Haiti are further strained by efforts on behalf of private businesses in Haiti to build an irrigation canal at the Masacre River in Dajabón that would affect water sources in the Dominican Republic and is in violation of the agreements and treaties international.
The Dominican government has asked the Haitian authorities to immediately stop the restart of construction.
Soto Thorman is an army man of 29 years. He has been commander of the Sixth Cazadores Battalion (Constanza), G-6, Army communications director, G-4, Army Logistics director. He has also served as inspector general of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and as commander of the First Infantry Brigade and Matías Ramón Mella Military Campus.
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Noticias SIN
4 September 2023