Inspectors from the Migration Agency (DGM) accompanied by members of the military have arrested hundreds of Haitians who had invaded land in the communities around the Parque Nacional Juan Bautista Perez Rancier (Valle Nuevo) in Constanza municipality, La Vega province. The operation began around 5am on Tuesday, 15 January 2019, in the communities of Las Auyamas, El Edén, Las Flores and Ojo de Agua Constanza, La Vega and by 8am, the authorities had arrested 287 illegal Haitians.
As reported, the authorities said that many of those arrested had not been in the area long and were growing crops. It was the massive presence of Haitians in the last few days in the area that had alerted the local growers and led to the presence of Migration. The inspectors said that all of those arrested were in the country illegally and they were taken to the border and returned to Haiti.
At the same time, the Ministry of Environment announced actions to install physical signage setting off limits to where farming activities are permitted. Environmentalists and investigative journalists have produced evidence of the lenience of the Ministry of Environment with farming activities in the area where important sources of water are located.
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El Dia
16 January 2019
