With the knowledge gained the hard way, an Israeli company will assist the Dominican government in installing a technological wall along the border with Haiti. Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez talked to reporters about this innovation and spoke of a pilot test at the border with Montecristi.
Historically, the Dominican-Haitian border has been very porous, allowing a near free flow of immigrants and contraband of all sorts to go across in both directions. Cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, foods, human trafficking, drugs and firearms are all part of the problem. Lately, there has been a sharp increase in cattle rustling, and the farmers along the border are in a state of outrage.
Foreign Minister Alvarez says the government policy will establish walls in some areas and in other areas a technological fence would be sufficient. That is why the Israeli company is currently at work in Montecristi.
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Listin Diario
31 January 2021