The Dominican Republic expressed this Friday its concern about the acts of violence that occurred on Thursday in Haiti, where police officers attacked the private residence of the Prime Minister of Haiti, ariel henrydue to the indifference of the authorities in the face of the death of more than a dozen agents at the hands of armed groups this month.
“The Dominican Government follows with deep concern the acts of violence that occurred at the Port-au-Prince airport yesterday and rejects the maneuvers that delayed the return to his office of the Prime Minister, Ariel Henry,” the Executive said in a statement.
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In the note, the government spokesman, Honero Figueroa, stated that he will continue to “closely monitor the situation” in the neighboring country and will continue “taking all necessary measures to maintain security and peace on our border and territory.”
During the attack on Thursday at Henry’s residence, located in the Delmas 60 sector, in Port-au-Prince, material damage was recorded and loud shots were heard, while several vehicles were left with broken windows, according to local media reports.
Subsequently, the demonstrators moved their protest to the surroundings of the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince, where they erected barricades and burned tires, causing a stoppage of traffic and delaying the landing of the plane in which Henry was returning from Argentina after participating in the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).
Haiti lives immersed in an acute crisis in all orders and in a spiral of violence, before which its authorities have requested the dispatch of a foreign force.
