Over the past six months, 18,959 Haitians have been repatriated and 32,615 different articles have been confiscated including vehicles. A report prepared by the commander of the third Army brigade (ERD), Colonel Wilson Castillo González, explains that of the Haitians repatriated to Haiti, 16,504 were men, 2,369 women and 80 children, ranging from newborns to teenagers.
The confiscations of articles to and from Haiti at the border towns included 415.67 pounds of marihuana, 32,615 pounds of garlic, 119 motorcycles, 10, 289 stock cubes, 7,614 packets of cigarettes, and 1,140 tree trunks for fencing which were cut down in the Dominican Republic for export to Haiti.
Many of the Haitians residing illegally in the country who were detained in the operation tried to blend into the crowds during the bi-national market days, hoping to avoid being detained and deported.
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8 May 2018
