The Dominican government closed the official gateway at the border with Haiti and Dajabon after the reported murder of a family by Haitian gang members. The closing of the border also coincides with a request on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Relations for collaboration from Haitian authorities to stop channeling the waters of the Masacre River. Farmers in Dajabon say the construction would affect the water supply to the Dominican Republic side of the border.
On Monday, 4 September 2023, four family members were killed inside their house in the Aminilla community in the municipality of Partido, Dajabón province on the border with Haiti. Witnesses say three heavily armed Haitians carried out the crime. Three men and a woman of the same cattle-ranching family were killed. A fifth person, Cristiano López, survived the killing and received medical attention at the General Santiago Rodríguez Provincial Hospital.
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6 September 2023