The three freight truck drivers who were kidnapped in Haiti since September 2021 were released, announced Ricardo de los Santos, president of the National Federation of Dominican Transport (Fenatrado). De los Santos is also the senator for the province of Sanchez Ramirez.
He said that the three truckers were let free at around 3:30pm on Monday, 15 November 2021. Those released are identified as Wilson Rodríguez, Luis Díaz and Joel Pineda. They crossed back to the Dominican Republic in Mal Paso border point.
“Thank God we have them back home and we are going to see what steps to follow to see if the trucks and cargo are recovered, but well… the important thing is that the human beings are here,” said De Los Santos.
The leader of Fenatrado did not specify under what circumstances the Dominican truckers were released.
The release of the truckers coincides with the visit to the Dominican Republic of Daniel Supplice, special envoy of the Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Supplice was in the Dominican Republic for high-level meetings and returned to Haiti on Sunday, 14 November 2021.
Dominican truckers are no longer entering Haiti. The cargo is transferred to Haitian truckers at the border.
Read more in Spanish:
El Día
Diario Libre
16 November 2021