The director of the border security corps (Cesfront), General Sugar Fruguis Martinez said that on the Dominican side of the border all is back to normal, not so on the Haitian side where the gates are closed. He said this is due to differences between the groups that have the control of the Haitian customs, as reported in Diario Libre. The general said that additional troops have been posted after the incident of a Haitian mob penetrating to the Dominican side last Saturday, 18 August 2018 in a confrontation over a cement load that did not comply with legal requirements for its export to Haiti.
He said that on the Haitian side they are not allowing vehicles to pass, only people on foot, he said. On the Dominican side there is no impediment to those that comply with the laws.
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Diario Libre
22 August 2018
