Haitian officials do not appreciate the Dominican government’s decision earlier this week to give refuge to 11 Haitians believed to have been involved in an armed assault on police stations in that country. The Haitian government is insisting on their extradition to Haiti even though no extradition treaty exists between the two countries. “We will not let this matter drop,” said Justice Minister Gary Lissade after learning that the Dominican Chancellor had given six-month residency permits to the ex-soldiers. For his part, Dominican Chancellor Hugo Tolentino Dipp says there were “logical” reasons for authorizing the permits, among them the lack of an official extradition request from the Aristide government.
