Friday, August 5, 2022 around 10:00 a.m., an incident left 1 dead and 3 injured Haitians at the Pedernales / Anse-à-Pitre border post.

Originally, a Haitian known as "Tiremon" (35 years old) who wanted to transport a generator bought in Pedernales for his business in Anse-à-Pitres would have refused to show the donaier Domingo Rafaelo Pérez, the invoice for the generator for his pay taxes.

The tone quickly rose and the situation degenerated into a fight, a Dominican guard intervened and fellow Haitians as reinforcements attacked him to seize his weapon, a 12-gauge rifle. was fired, killing a Haitian.

The Directorate General of Customs in a statement confirmed that one of the security guards was involved in a violent incident in which a Haitian lost his life. Customs say that in the struggle between the guard and the Haitians, a gunshot was fired, killing one of the Haitians and causing the others to flee with the guard's weapon

Following this unfortunate incident, a group of Haitian and Dominican Motorcycle Taxis faced each other with stones, several gunshots were reported. During the clashes 3 Haitians were injured and were allowed to enter Dominican territory for treatment at the municipal hospital Elio Fiallo. The Haitian authorities were also authorized to bring the body of the slain Haitian citizen back to Haiti.

In response, the population of Anse-à-Pitres, angry with the Dominican security guards, held hostage two Dominican nationals working for the town hall of Anse-à-Pitres. For several hours...

After this incident, the security protocol was activated, the Dominican border was closed to safeguard the integrity of Dominicans and employees of the General Directorate of Customs in the face of any threat.

For its part, the Ministry of Defense ordered the immediate reinforcement of the border post of Pedernales with members of the Dominican Army and the Specialized Land Borders Security Corps (CESFRONT), to prevent the escalation of tensions.

SL/ HaitiLibre