{"id":225569,"date":"2024-10-24T08:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T12:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=225569"},"modified":"2024-10-24T09:42:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T13:42:27","slug":"ministry-of-defense-uses-technology-to-control-military-from-taking-bribes-for-people-smuggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/10\/24\/ministry-of-defense-uses-technology-to-control-military-from-taking-bribes-for-people-smuggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defense uses technology to control military from taking bribes for people smuggling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-militares-presos-por-trafico-ilegales-Diario-Libre-1024x589.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225648\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-militares-presos-por-trafico-ilegales-Diario-Libre-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-militares-presos-por-trafico-ilegales-Diario-Libre-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-militares-presos-por-trafico-ilegales-Diario-Libre-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-militares-presos-por-trafico-ilegales-Diario-Libre-1536x884.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-militares-presos-por-trafico-ilegales-Diario-Libre.png 1612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Military personnel are being busted for human smuggling after years of the authorities looking the other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three Dominican soldiers have been sentenced to three months in prison for accepting bribes to smuggle Haitian migrants into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The soldiers, Hansel P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda, Andro Am\u00e9rico Medina Guzm\u00e1n, and Yunior Manuel Novas Cuevas, were stationed at the La Cadena checkpoint in the Carrizal-El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a section. They were caught on surveillance footage accepting payments to allow Haitian nationals with irregular immigration status to cross the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The military personnel will serve their sentences at the El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a Correctional and Rehabilitation Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda has been involved in such activities. According to press reports, he was implicated in a similar incident last June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent weeks, Dominican authorities have arrested over 20 individuals, including military personnel, immigration officials, police officers, and civilians, on charges of human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major General Jorge Iv\u00e1n Camino P\u00e9rez, the commander-in-chief of the Dominican Army, stated, &#8220;Human trafficking involves many sectors. It is a complex issue that requires a comprehensive approach. It is an evil that we must combat.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrests come amid increased efforts by the Dominican Republic to crack down on the smuggling of Haitian migrants. The issue has long been a source of tension between the two neighboring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measures come with the appointment of a new Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Onofre, new Army commander Major General Jorge Ivan Camino Perez and new director of Migration Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measures are taken at a time when the security situation in Haiti has been worsening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/nacional\/2024\/10\/23\/prision-preventiva-para-militares-acusados-de-recibir-soborno\/2889360\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/opinion\/editorial\/2024\/10\/23\/tolerancia-cero-en-la-frontera-con-trafico-de-haitianos\/2889651\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24 October 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military personnel are being busted for human smuggling after years of the authorities looking the other way. Three Dominican soldiers have been sentenced to three months in prison for accepting bribes to smuggle Haitian migrants into the country. The soldiers, Hansel P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda, Andro Am\u00e9rico Medina Guzm\u00e1n, and Yunior Manuel Novas Cuevas, were stationed at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/10\/24\/ministry-of-defense-uses-technology-to-control-military-from-taking-bribes-for-people-smuggling\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225649,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225569\/revisions\/225649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}