Thursday, at 11:00 a.m. 5 men pretend to be technicians of the utility EDESUR managed to enter the residence of the Ambassador of Haiti accredited in the Dominican Republic, Fritz Cinéas located on the street Hatuey, in the upscale neighborhood where are some Embassies, Los Cacicazgos, and stole two safes.

According to Colonel James Matthew Slimer, Police Spokesman 5 men arrived in a van of the Company EDESUR, reported stolen last week. He explained that according to the testimony of the security guard to investigators, the men would have pretended come to repair a failure, seeing the van of the company and the men in uniform, the guard opened the heavy metal gate of the residence of the Ambassador. Just entered, men of the commando put out of harm's the guardian hitting him and wounding him in the head. Then they bound and gagged a domestic employee of Haitian origin, before heading upstairs where there was two safes they take before leaving.

Magaly Jeanti Magloide, a diplomat of the Embassy of Haiti, said she did not know the contents of these safes and had to wait for the return of the Ambassador, absent at the time of the break to find out more. She indicated that the security officer of the residence of the Ambassador had been taken to hospital for treatment for his injuries and that an investigation had been opened.

The Police Spokesperson, James Matthew Slimer, indicated that according to preliminary information provided by the Ambassador Cinéas these safes contained important documents and a certain amount of money. The Spokesperson of the Police indicate that at this stage of the investigation, it was not able to provide more information.

The Police Chief, Manuel Castro Castillo, instructed the Director of Criminal Investigations, Cesar Rojas Sena to conduct "a detailed and thorough investigation" into the case.

Recall that in November 2014, individuals had broken into the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti, in Nassau, Bahamas and had caused many damages and had also left with two safes. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12440-haiti-security-burglary-at-the-embassy-of-haiti-to-the-bahamas.html

SL/ HaitiLibre