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Santo Domingo.- Stealthy but effective, the remote controlled "Predator" plane, the United States’ satellite intelligence jewel, has been operating in Dominican Republic airspace for more than a month looking for ships and aircraft trying to smuggle drugs into the country, listin.com.do reports.

The information surfaces the very day Santo Domingo and Washington will sign an agreement to formalize and expand the Predator’s operations in the country and in Puerto Rico.

During her brief visit to Santo Domingo U.S. Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano and Dominican Foreign minister Carlos Morales are slated to sign the agreement Friday, after which the US official also plans to visit Puerto Rico’s antinarcotics authorities.

Citing intelligence sources, Listin said the Predator has been operating in and around Dominican territory, handled by two control centers in Santo Domingo, managed by US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the local National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD).

Together with the Super Tucano intercept planes of the Dominican Air Force, the Predator’s intelligence gathering capability is key to interdict drug laden ships and aircraft.

The news outlet adds the Predator’s operations are kept secret and uses a minimal but well vetted  staff, whose work is supported by US spy satellites to guarantee the unmanned drone’s maximum efficiency.

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10 comment(s)
Written by: josean, 13 Jul 2012 7:44 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


No wonder Félix Bautista is Hiding!



Written by: matador, 13 Jul 2012 10:17 AM
From: United States, www.brugal-ron.com/home.php
Una vaina Bien, maybe that will help bring the crime rate down in the country.
Written by: riosm, 13 Jul 2012 10:39 AM
From: United States
Let's wait till we see some results.

If only the U.S can put smaller drones patrolling the sky's over the U.S Mexican border.
Written by: josean, 13 Jul 2012 10:49 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016

The already have:


"U.S. Border Patrol Increases Use Of Unmanned Drones For Surveillance"


huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/us-border-patrol-increase_n_1467196.html


Written by: CarlosFranco, 13 Jul 2012 12:11 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn

After the drugs are out of the country, the spy drones should be use to hunt down Haitians.

first mission: find Josean and deport his mud-cookie-eating-A55
Written by: airgordo, 13 Jul 2012 7:24 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: josean, 13 Jul 2012 7:44 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia


No wonder Félix Bautista is Hiding!
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hahahaha
Written by: VeronicaDR, 14 Jul 2012 10:56 AM
From: United States
The people behind the controls is the important part.If they are corrupt none of this matters.
Written by: Vivacuba, 15 Jul 2012 8:49 PM
From: Dominican Republic
shoot it down
Written by: MrThelmoAlmeydaRancier, 15 Jul 2012 9:08 PM
From: United States, NJ
We have spoken about this on previous post. Look back a few weeks ago>
Written by: riosm, 15 Jul 2012 10:26 PM
From: United States
VivaCuba

Not to worry........The U.S has satellite's also to do the work.
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