HEIGHTENED TENSION, PROTESTS CONTINUE ON HAITIAN SIDE OF BORDER
(Dominican Today) -
Dajabón, Dominican Republic - Protests continued in several Haiti towns near the northern Dominican border Sunday, as heightened tension spurred Dominicans who work there to return to their country via the Dajabón crossing.
Meanwhile, the Dominican ambassador in Haiti, Rubén Silié, told local media that starting today the staff of the consulate at Ouanaminthe in Haiti, located just 600 meters from Dajabón, will return to work; one day after having left on security concerns, due to aggressions and alleged kidnapping and death threats from Haitian demonstrators.
He said the two governments solved the standoff between Dominican and Haitian truck drivers, and that the activities along the entire border are expected to return to normal Monday.
On Sunday, the Foreign Relations Ministry said it hasn’t been necessary to evacuate the consulate at Ouanaminthe thus far, and noted that the employees as usual spent the night in Dajabón.
News source listin.com.do reports that a bus of the company Caribe Tours full of passengers from Santo Domingo and Santiago headed to Cap Haitien, had to return, due to the incidents and lack of security, in northern and northeastern towns of Haiti.
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