The 5-day ultimatum issued by Walfri Labul, Director of the Municipal District of Santiago de la Cruz (Loma de Cabrera district, Dajabón province) for Haitians in an irregular situation to leave the district ended on Monday, October 28, 2024.

During this period, the Patriotic Movement of the Free Cruz, accompanied by angry Dominican citizens shouting "Haitians out" and "we want a municipality without Haitians", made a tour warning all Haitians in an irregular situation to leave the country peacefully before the end of the ultimatum....

Eduardo Riverón, leader of the Free Cruz Movement, said that they will continue to fight for citizens of the neighboring country to abandon Santiago de la Cruz and holds the immigration authorities responsible for what could happen from Monday, for not having provided any support before the situation escalated...

The movement to expel Haitians from The community is led by the Director of the Municipal Council, Walfry Francisco Labor Gutiérrez, who said Tuesday that he would proceed to fulfill the wish of the residents of Santiago de la Cruz that the Haitians leave the municipality.

On Monday, a dozen military personnel and several Immigration agents, 8 police officers, a prison truck and two vans arrived mid-morning to reinforce the law enforcement forces present on the ground, to prevent residents from pursuing illegal Haitians and to guarantee tranquility.

The army and police evacuated the Haitians who had remained in the area to prevent the Dominicans from attacking them.

Many Haitians did not wait for the ultimatum to expire, men, women and children gathered everything they had and left the area, although it was not possible to know if they returned to Haiti...

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-43477-icihaiti-santiago-de-la-cruz-5-day-ultimatum-to-illegal-haitians.html

S/ HaitiLibre