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Haiti - FLASH : Shootout at the border, the details 20/08/2018 07:53:11
The incident occurred when 3 cement trucks destined for Haiti were stopped by Dominican customs officers for regularity checks. Who mingled with a strictly Dominican affair according to the Belladère town hall. The Dominican cusqtoms officers have asked members of the Specialized Corps of Land Border Security (CESFRONT) to stop the vehicles and to interpellate Haitian drivers and interveners to put an end to the altercation. "A few minutes later a crowd of Haitian nationals, armed with machetes and sticks, tried to move the trucks by force in vain, colliding with the resistance of the reinforcing soldiers, on whom they threw stones and various other objects. It was during this confrontation that several shots from unidentified Haitians were fired at the Dominicans, provoking in return a reaction from the Dominican soldiers who opened fire to put an end to this beginning of shooting and popular uprising. According to the Dominicans, the result would be 3 slight injuries among Haitians and 1 injured among Dominicans. The Haitian version, reports 6 wounded Haitians shot and led to the Hospital Center of Mirebalais. One of the wounded has already returned home, 4 others have been hit in the arms or legs and one was shot torax. According to Jean Marie Reynaldo Brunet, the resigning Minister of the Interior "the vital prognoses of these people are not engaged." Quickly informed of this incident, Jovenel Moïse said on his Twitter account "I deplore the incidents that occurred on the border at Belladère, following a territorial violation, during which compatriots were injured. The authorities are instructed to take the appropriate measures to respect the territorial integrity of the Republic of Haiti." A statement that sparked Sunday, a strong official reaction of the Dominican Ministers Paulino Sem (Defense) and Miguel Vargas Maldonado (Foreign Affairs). The Minister of Defense has described as inappropriate the statements of the President of Haiti and categorically denied that Dominican soldiers had violated the Haitian territory recalling that the incident occurred at the border crossing of Carrizal more precisely in the neutral zone called "The chain", where the circulation of vehicles and goods is not allowed to pass on the Haitian territory and not in Haiti as affirms the President of Haiti. Affirming that there was no interference, the Dominicans had only responded to an armed Haitian aggression in this area concluding "We will not authorize any action threatening the security and defense of our Nation, nor the violations of tax and migration regulations. " For his part, Chancellor Miguel Vargas Maldonado, said he had convened a meeting of the diplomatic authorities of Haiti to discuss the situation. Sunday in Haiti, after the message of the Head of State describing the incident as a "territorial violation" the resigning Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant, convened Michel Ange-Gédéon, the Director General of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) to know more about this beginning of a new crisis with the neighboring country. Subsequently, on the instructions of President Jovenel Moïse, a large delegation headed by Lafontant went to Belladère to inquire on the spot and discuss the border problem. At this high-level meeting were present the resigning Ministers Jean Roudy Aly (Justice), Jean-Marie Reynaldo Brunet (Interior), Antonio Rodrigue (Foreign Affairs), the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, Renald Lubérice, Michel-Ange Gédéon, the DG of the PNH, the Chief Inspector General of the PNH, Ralph Stanley Jean Brice, the Head of the Central Directorate of Administrative Police, Carl Henry Boucher. This meeting between the central, departmental and local authorities of the Center and the district aimed to resolve a new crisis following the incidents of Saturday and define the provisions to be adopted so that such a situation does not happen again. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25284-haiti-flash-military-confrontation-at-the-border-at-least-7-victims.html SL/ HaitiLibre
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