In 2013, the Dominican Armada (Navy) arrested 2,619 people who attempted to reach Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic on illegal boat trips. Of this total, more than 50%, or 1,438 were Haitian nationals, 115 were Cubans, seven were Brazilians and 1,059 were Dominicans, including 74 said to be boat captains or trip organizers. Vice Admiral Edwin Dominici Rosario added that his agents had seized 8,483 kilos of cocaine during the year. The Armada also confiscated 208 boats that were being used for the illegal boat trips, as reported in El Dia.