Don't even think of crossing the Border!!!!

rh8371 said:

All DR1 users!!!

Do not try to cross the border at Jimani. The border is forceably closed by again Citizens taking the law into their own hands. The Dominican transportation Unions (Mafia/gang/syndicate or whatever you want to call them) have decide they will block the road leading to the border from Jiminai, aside from this thay have also decided they will block the road in Haiti as well (approximately 20 km away from the border). Neither governments or police of either country have any power or say in rectifying this immediately without all the song and dance from the Transportion unions. as of yesterday 5:00 pm no crossing were possible. so before you check the situation....don't count on the news to report the latest update eiither.

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Hijacking in Haiti closes frontier
The border crossing at Jimani/Malpas in the southwest was closed after a truck loaded with cement from the Dominican Republic was seized. According to El Nuevo Diario, confusion reigned in the area while officials were trying to sort things out. Early on Wednesday morning, March 7, several people on the Dominican side of the frontier trying to get into Haiti were denied access, and dozens of vehicles loaded with merchandise were stuck on both sides of the narrow highway into and out of Haiti. Drivers from several transport unions and associations blocked off the highway as part of their action to resolve the issue as fast as possible.
Last Friday March 2 a cement truck was held up and the driver suffered a gunshot wound in Cite Soleil, a Port-au-Prince slum. The driver was left by the roadside, the truck stolen, and passers-by had to take the 23-year old driver, Luis Duran, to a clinic run by Doctors without Frontiers. The authorities managed to recover the trailer, but the cab is still in the hands of the thieves. Cesfront officers confirmed the closure of the border crossing.

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