Haitians in US behind smuggling, says US military official
Published:Sunday | June 23, 2013 | 11:59 AM
A high-ranking United States military official has claimed that family members of Haitians living in South Florida are possibly behind the smuggling of undocumented Haitian immigrants from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico.
Rear Admiral William D. Baumgartner, commander of the Seventh US Coast Guard District in Miami, has told reporters that Haitians are being smuggled along the Mona Passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. He says the trend was observed in February.
He says smugglers have been charging from US$1500 to US$2000.