Domingo Contreras, spokesman for the La Barquita Relocation Commission has asked the residents of the slum neighborhood in Los Minas, on the banks of the Ozama River, to be patient, since the government will soon tell them where they will be relocated and all of the details of the project. Speaking yesterday, Wednesday, 16 October, he said that they were in the process of acquiring the land where they will build the new La Barquita, hinting that it will be next to the current location. Earlier this week, the residents of La Barquita threatened to march to the Presidential Palace unless they were allowed to meet with the Relocation Commission.