Helicopters fly over the border area and Army troops move by land in the provinces of Dajabón and Elías Piña, reinforcing security on the border in the face of looting, the activities of criminal gangs and the street protests that are taking place in Haitian territory .
A high-ranking official who requested his name not be used, on duty at the Elías Piña interagency agency, reported that security in the area was reinforced by higher instructions in the face of the protests that are taking place in the Haitian community of Kuafé where this Saturday transit was prevented at the Dominican border post of Carrizal.
In the northwest border area, security continues to be reinforced by the protests that are taking place in Juana Méndez and Cap Haitien, despite the fact that operations in the border market were operating regularly.
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In the Dominican Republic, the security operation extends from Pepillo Salcedo, Montecristi, Dajabón, including the municipalities of Restauración, Loma de Cabrera, where members of the Army move by land with war tanks stationed in some places and helicopters in the air seek to preserve security. under the coordination of Colonel Paíno Perdomo, commander of the Tenth Infantry Battalion and General Germán Rosario Pérez, who is in charge of the Army’s Fourth Infantry Brigade based in Valverde.
The instructions were given by the Minister of DefendingLieutenant General Carlos Luciano Díaz Morfa, according to a report by journalist Javier Nicolás Genao, stationed in the border area.
It was reported that the Dominican authorities have reports that the gangs that operate in Port-au-Prince and Cuadabuqué continue to extend their operations to communities near the Dominican Republic, it was reported.
While in Haiti the looting and protests continue in recent hours, according to the South departmental director of the National Police, Daniel Comprés, in the protests there were people armed with M-4, a 12 rifle exchanging shots with the police, information published yesterday by the Nouvelle newspaper.
Agents from the Departmental Order Maintenance Unit (UDMO) break up the protests many times by opening fire on the crowd.
The leadership of the “Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats” party also condemned the looting and burning of the residence of its president, Senator Edmonde Beauzile, describing the action as heinous and vilest that can be committed in the 21st century.
In Pedernales of the Dominican Republic in the southwestern region this Saturday the border area was calm, with dozens of national tourists visiting the access gate and exchanging with Haitians, with the assistance of members of the Army of the Sixteenth Battalion with the Specialized Corps in Border and Land Security (Cesfront), reported journalist Julio Gómez.
