The Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Maximo William Munoz Delgado, announced yesterday, Wednesday 17 December 2014 that he would be touring the border with Foreign Relations Minister Andres Navarro to contact local authorities on Saturday, 20 December 2014.
He described it as a routine visit that is made two or three times a year, and that it has nothing to do with the latest political turmoil currently affecting Haiti, where the Prime Minister has resigned.
General Munoz said that in response to the protests in the neighboring country another 1,200 troops had been assigned to patrol the border under the Specialized Corps of Border Security.