Once again Haitian military would not allow those who had bought products at the bi-national market on Monday, 22 May 2017, in Dajabón to enter Haiti, alleging that the products they had bought were banned. The Dominican government has not been officially informed about the import ban.
The Haitian authorities did exactly what they did last Friday, 19 May 2017, when they seized chicken, eggs, pasta and other products bought in the Dominican Republic. The market in Dajabon began normally at 8am until around 10am when the Haitian military started the confiscation again. They then threw the seized products into the Masacre River from the bridge that connects Dajabon with Ouanaminthe, Haiti.
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El Nacional
23 May 2017
