The deportations that the military authorities and the Immigration Directorate have been carrying out have caused drug traffickers to haitians Increase the price they charge illegal immigrants to bring them into Dominican territory in vehicles through the border area of the Dajabón province.
Although several of the illegal traffickers have been arrested, it is estimated that the price to be paid by Haitians with irregular immigration status is 25 to 30 thousand pesos per person and if they are children, the estimated price is 10 thousand pesos. Added to this is also the cigarette smuggling and other illicit acts.
According to the former governor of Dajabón, Miguel Cruz, this traffic of haitians for the border of Dajabón has grown significantly in recent days.
According to complaints, dozens of undocumented immigrants are crossing the border without any type of control by the communities Santiago de la Cruz, Sabana Larga, La Vigía, Loma de Cabrera and Restauración.
Cruz told Diario Libre that it is painful to see how military In some towns in the northwest they seize vehicles full of undocumented immigrants and this shows that the border It is not completely closed as the authorities say.
