The Minister of the Interior and Police, Jesús Vásquez Martínez (Chu), warned today that there is no room for regression in the country and explained that the events that have occurred in recent days were committed in sectors that have not yet been intervened by the Security Program. Citizen.
The official referred to this and other security issues in a document sent this morning to the address of El Nacional, the text of which is published below:
“The Minister of Interior and Police, Jesús Vásquez Martínez, warned that there is no room for going backwards or backwards in the fight against delinquency and organized crime, since most of the cases that have been registered in recent days have occurred in sectors that have not yet They have been intervened within the Comprehensive Citizen Security Strategy “My Safe Country”.
He pointed out that, in the case of Santiago in the intervened sectors such as Baracoa, the Historic Center and Los Pepines, crimes have been reduced considerably, as well as Cienfuegos, Bermúdez widening, La Joya, La Otra Banda, Los Jardines, Nibaje and New Town.
“The same thing has happened in the intervened neighborhoods of San Francisco de Macorís, Vista al Valle, Santa Ana, Rabo de Chivo and San Martín, also in La Romana, Barahona, Oviedo and in the National District itself, among which are Cristo Rey, La Zurza, widen La Fe and La Puya de Arroyo Hondo.
“He announced that they are working on the rigorous survey to intervene in Boca Chica, Puerto Plata, Moca and Higüey in the next few days.
“Delinquency and organized crime will have no respite, because in the Dominican Republic in the current administration of President Luis Abinader there is a political will expressed in the Comprehensive Citizen Security Strategy “My Safe Country” and in the transformation and professionalization itself of the National Police,” he said.
“He stated that those responsible for the chaos of the past do not have the moral or political quality to ask for anyone’s head, in this government, because unlike them, crime does not have godfathers.
“He indicated that the government spares no effort in the fight against crime, in order to guarantee citizen security throughout the national territory.
“He guaranteed the country that from the Government under no circumstances are we going to allow unscrupulous people to alter peace and order in the Dominican Republic, so much so that most of the events that have occurred recently have occurred in places where we have not yet arrived with the citizen security strategy,” he specified.
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“He also highlighted that in an unprecedented event in the history of the Dominican Republic in the almost two years of this government, more than 52 tons of different types of drugs, such as cocaine, marijuana, crack and ecstasy, have been seized, as well as in international cooperation with allied countries, the DNCD has contributed to the seizure of 9,704 more kilos.
“But these cases are not left up in the air, they have names and surnames, resulting in 39,440 criminals arrested and brought to justice, 93 percent Dominican and 7 percent foreign, unlike what happened in the past. recent,” revealed the minister.
“To give you an idea of what we are talking about and the difference between the current government management and those that were before, only so far this year almost 20 tons of different drugs have been incinerated in total, used in the work against drug trafficking that are carried out throughout the country,” he said.
“In a few words, so far in President Luis Abinader’s administration, more drugs have been recovered than in the last 4 years of the last government,” he asserted.
