President Danilo Medina cut the ribbon to the entranceway of the new Interagency Border Coordinated Management Post in Carrizal, Elias Piña on Thursday, 6 June 2019. The new installation is described as a step ahead in securing the border with Haiti. Likewise, President Medina said that the post would contribute to the economic and tourism development of the area.
The technological center is located in Carrizal, a community of the municipality of Comendador, in the Elias Piña province on the Haitian border. It has been fitted to coordinate joint operations and interagency affairs of security, intelligence and control of the border.
There are also customs controls and contraband safeguards. There is a particular interest in controlling the trans-border movement of narcotics and other smuggled goods.
Defense Minister Ruben Paulino Sem noted that officials from several government agencies would be on site, including Migration, Customs, Defense, Public Health and Agriculture. He said that before the opening of this facility, and in spite of the regulations governing the passage across the border, the entire area was considered to be a “no man’s land.” He says this will no longer be the case. The announcement comes at a time when violence is escalating in Haiti.
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El Dia
Presidencia
10 June 2019