Servio Tulio Castaños Guzmán, Executive Vice President of the Institutional and Justice Foundation (FINJUS), in reference to the T-65 assault rifle used during the robbery of a bank in Santo Domingo https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24837-haiti-flash-an-assault-rifle-of-the-pnh-used-during-a-bank-robbery-in-santo-domingo.html whose Haitian origin has been confirmed by the National Police of Haiti (PNH) https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24876-icihaiti-dr-robbery-the-assault-weapon-used-comes-from-the-national-palace-of-haiti.html , stated that many illegal weapons in the Dominican Republic come from Haiti, stressing that this situation is not new and that everyone knows it...

He pointed out that most of these weapons, used in criminal acts, are smuggled to the Dominican-Haitian border and fuel a market that thrives on the weakness of controls and laxity of the Dominican authorities "[...] the protection of our borders is insufficient and those who are in charge of monitoring it are not always doing their job well..." saying that after verification, he can confirm that the level of porosity of the border between the two countries is very important...

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24837-haiti-flash-an-assault-rifle-of-the-pnh-used-during-a-bank-robbery-in-santo-domingo.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24876-icihaiti-dr-robbery-the-assault-weapon-used-comes-from-the-national-palace-of-haiti.html

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