DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader announced a comprehensive reinforcement of security across the Dominican border on the evening of 6 April 2026, following an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council at the Ministry of Defense. The move comes as a direct response to the deteriorating security landscape in Haiti, where the High Command of the Haitian Armed Forces has declared “Condition D” that is the highest state of alert, effective as of 6 April 2026.

The presidential directive follows the 1 April 2026 arrival of the first contingent of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), a UN Security Council-backed mission tasked with stabilizing the neighboring nation. Despite international intervention, violence has surged. Last week, the Haitian National Police reported intense clashes in the Artibonite department, north of Port-au-Prince, following a massacre attributed...