He Dominican Republic Army reported this Tuesday that, during the month of November, they were 11,107 Haitians detained in irregular immigration status, who were handed over to the General Directorate of Migration (DGM) for the due process of repatriation.
During that same period, 69 Dominican citizens were made available to the Public Ministry: 62 involved in the illegal transport of foreigners and seven in the smuggling of illicit goods.
A release of the military organization indicates that the actions were carried out by Army units deployed in different parts of the border region and in other provinces of the country, “where they maintain a constant surveillance to counteract the illicit trafficking of people and goods introduced illegally”.
In others operationalcarried out in the Dajabón provincesElías Piña, Independencia, Montecristi, San Juan de la Maguana, Pedernales and Santiago Rodríguez, 2,050,200 units of cigarettes introduced into the country illegally were seized, in addition to alcoholic beverages and other products.
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During this period they were also 233 vehicles detained used in illicit activities; These include 22 jeepets, three buses, five trucks, six vans, 16 cars, seven minibuses and 174 motorcycles.
The institution reaffirmed that these operational They are part of the permanent effort to preserve the border securitycombat the networks of illicit trafficking of people and goods, and guarantee compliance with the law throughout the national territory.
