Pete Hegseth agradece a Abinader por permitir uso de aeropuetos de RD para lucha contra drogas

Name: Pete Hegseth agradece a Abinader por permitir uso de aeropuetos de RD para lucha contra drogas
Uploaded: 2025-11-27T16:23:08+00:00
Duration: 7 min 56 s
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El secretario de guerra de Estados Unidos, Pete Hegseth, dijo en República Dominicana que se debe enfrentar a los "narcoterroristas y narcotraficantes" y sus actividades ilegales con acciones fuertes y rápidas.

El secretario de guerra agradeció al presidente dominicano Luis Abinader por apoyar "un despliegue provisional de efectivos estadounidenses y aeronaves que realizan la operación “Lanza del Sur”.

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00:00la palabra el señor Pete Hexet, secretario de guerra de los Estados Unidos de América.

00:18Bueno, President Abinader, Mr. President, thank you for greeting us today.

00:23Thank you for welcoming us to your beautiful country and this beautiful room.

00:28President Trump would love this room, by the way.

00:33I'm glad to be in Santo Domingo with you here today and reaffirm our strong partnership and

00:39cooperation.

00:40We had a fantastic meeting, both countries.

00:44We have an incredible ambassador here.

00:45You have a wonderful staff.

00:46I look forward to meeting more extensively with your minister of defense, but it's a great

00:52partnership and a long-standing one between the United States and the Dominican Republic.

00:58And I want to thank the Dominican people for their tremendous hospitality.

01:03My wife and I realized we were here about six years ago visiting your beautiful location.

01:08We'll have to come back again.

01:11And I was reminded that when I served in the New York and New Jersey National Guard as

01:17a young lieutenant, I served with a lot of troops that had come from the Dominican Republic.

01:22And they were always some of the most wonderful human beings, with the best and biggest personalities,

01:28who were great soldiers, so I have a great affinity.

01:37The United States and the Dominican Republic share several things, many things in common.

01:42First, like the United States, the Dominican Republic understands the importance of border

01:48security to national security, that if you do not have a secure border, a sovereign country,

01:54you don't have a secure nation.

01:57President Trump talks about that, your president talks about that, and never hesitates to do what

02:02is necessary to protect his citizens.

02:06In America, we call that America first.

02:08I'm not sure if you call it the Dominican Republican first, but you should.

02:13But it's never been America alone for us, nor is it for you.

02:17Partner nations that are willing to do the same should work together.

02:21And that's what today is all about.

02:22Second, the Dominican Republic also understands the importance of standing up to narco-terrorists

02:29and narco-traffickers who flood our countries with drugs and violence.

02:34We must meet narco-terrorists and their illegal activities with strength and swift action.

02:41It's the only language they understand, strength and swift action.

02:46To keep our citizens safe and ensure that our countries continue to prosper.

02:52And when it comes to drugs, as you know, as we know in the United States, it's about

02:56saving lives as well.

02:57It's about ending violence and saving lives.

03:00Tens of thousands of American lives will be saved because of the efforts of President

03:05Trump, our military, your country, and this partnership.

03:09And third, the Dominican Republic has made itself a regional leader, a regional leader ready

03:15and willing to take on hard challenges.

03:18That's why I'm here today.

03:20That's why we decided to come here first, because we recognize the leadership of your

03:25president and this country.

03:27Of course, that includes as well standing up to predatory practices from other nations and

03:42leading international coalitions to improve security in Haiti, which is also something

03:47we discussed.

03:48The Dominican Republic has stepped up.

03:52And so we look to the Dominican Republic to continue to lead in the fight against narco-terrorists,

03:57which the president laid out so clearly and so well.

04:01The president of the United States, President Trump, has designated these as foreign terrorist

04:06organizations, designated terrorist organizations, narco-traffickers, hell-bent on bringing violence

04:13and drugs to countries in the region and to the American people.

04:17But I want those watching who see the narco-terrorist drug boats blowing up to understand that we're

04:25deadly serious about this mission.

04:27But we're also deadly serious in the way that we undertake it.

04:32We have the best intelligence, the best lawyers, the best process, so that we know inside

04:39these networks and these organizations where they're leaving from, where they're going,

04:43what they're bringing, what their intentions are, and who they represent.

04:46And in understanding that, in waging this war on narco-terrorists, we're willing to go

04:52on the offense.

04:53Go on the offense in a way that changes the dynamic for the entire region and we think can

04:58bring safety, stability, and security to our partners.

05:01So I want to thank you, Mr. President, for supporting what is a temporary deployment of U.S. service

05:07members and aircraft conducting Operation Southern Spear.

05:11Small footprint, temporary, fully respecting your sovereignty and your laws and all the dynamics

05:17here in the Dominican Republic.

05:19It's a great partnership and truly a joint effort between our two countries against narco-trafficking

05:28and narco-terrorism.

05:29I think a model for the region, a model we hope to build upon with other countries that

05:34want to lock shields and arms with us to ensure that the narco-terrorists who have terrorized

05:40our organizations in our countries, they're the ones put on notice.

05:44We're partnering together with more assets and more partnership to ensure they are stopped.

05:49The Department of War will stand by your side, working with you for mutual benefit.

05:57And I think that's an important difference of how we operate.

06:00It's not just about what you need or what we need, it's what can we do together, aggressively,

06:07using the assets and advantages that we have to address the issues of our time.

06:13We stand ready with you, Mr. President, to meet this challenge and to defeat this threat.

06:18And I'd be remiss, you know, my wife and I started this day today in prayer.

06:24I would be remiss if I didn't make an appeal to God in the process as well.

06:30I would note that the Dominican Republic, I didn't know this, but I found out on the way

06:34here is the only country with a cross and a Bible on its flag.

06:46And as a Christian, I love that.

06:48And you know, the left will always want to deny it in our country that America's founding

06:54generation and founding principles came from Christianity, from the Bible.

06:59We were founded as a Christian nation.

07:02George Washington appealed to heaven.

07:04Our soldiers appealed to God and his providence.

07:07At the Pentagon, we started a weekly, excuse me, monthly Christian prayer service.

07:12We're not afraid of recognizing the role that faith, that our Christian faith plays in the

07:19conduct of what we do.

07:22So we join you in this effort, a righteous one, I believe, with an appeal to God that

07:27we may do it right and that we might do right by our populations as well, who deserve good,

07:32strong, clear, constitutional leadership.

07:36So thank you for your meaningful conversation today, Mr. President, and the partnership that

07:42we are able to undertake.

07:43God bless you and your great country.

07:44Thank you.

07:45God bless you and your great country.

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