Haitian “herds” invade Dominican southwest


Some Haitinas wait in Anse a Pitre by day, to cross to Pedernales by night.

Pedernales, Dominican Republic. - They arrive in “herds” under the shadow of the moon, and some die of thirst and hunger in their quest to reach Dominican soil, crossing the Bahoruco Range, residents say. “We come here live, because things there are very hard. Here we find work, eat´ and take back to the family there,” said Luis Sensili, who together with a companion left Haiti on foot and without breakfast toward the Dominican border.

He narrated of how he arrives in this country easily, because it only takes him 10 hours on foot and never encounters problems coming or going, so he does it frequently and with the same freedom as if he were in his own country.

“What we have is a peaceful migration of Haitians,” warned the province’s senator Dionis Sanchez, who said Pedernales has dozens of communities in which more than 80% of its people are of Haitian nationality, because the Dominicans have emigrated to the cities. He cited Los Arroyos, Mencía, Aguas Negras, Las Mercedes, La Manigua, Los Altagracianos, Los Cayucos, Sitio Nuevo, El Quemao, Zumbú, Los Mogotes and La Seiba.

“What’s happened is that the Dominicans have left their houses in search of better horizons, and the Haitians have occupied them behind the same treasure.” the lawmaker said.

Mencía, in the heart of the Bahoruco range, was a prosperous community with farm production until the last decade, but now barely a few Dominicans live there.

Sanchez stressed that even there the houses built during the presidency of Joaquin Balaguer are inhabited totality by Haitians, who occupied them after ding them abandoned.

The mayor Adalgisa Matos said there are cases of people who’ve sold their houses for just RD$5,000 to the Haitians. “In the provincial capital there are barrios where only Haitians live.”

Jorgilio Segura affirmed that the migration towards Dominican territory is unstoppable, and described the flow as a mighty river. “In the mountains of Pedernales is bodies of Haitians who die are frequently found, possibly from hunger, fatigue and thirst. “Those people are desperate and our authorities have their arms crossed. The Haitians have taken us from our towns. They already have the houses that were ours and the farming properties also.”

let me post what I wrote int he article section regarding this tiresome news.


Over the last century only two Dominican head of state had been triumphant in dealing with our Haitian problem. Trujillo and Balaguer and they both had been accused of racist by our own lefties politicians who are now working overtime to help the Haitian encircle us the same way the Arabs encircle everybody in the middle east convert by the sword. Go figure!

If this what Duarte, Duverge, Mella, Sanchez, Santana ect fought for it? Is a lefty lawyer like Leonel or any other of our lefty’s pacifist the answer for our Haitian problem? I doubt it. The way I see it eventually the same way Hell is taking over Haiti hell will come to take our country too. Unless we get an uncompromised leader who will draw the line and tell everybody not to step over it or pay the consequence. In 1934 the Haitians currency was the money most people used for transaction from Villa Gonzalez all the way to Dajabon. Trujillo went to the Frontera saw with his own eyes what was going on, briefed by the people living there and acted upon it. They will go until we let them go.

the big issue here and we have to be specific here and that is the illegal immigration problem that is taking place. if you are going to go about things the right way and be good noble citizens then fine but if not then out the door you go!

Past & current government leaders not paying enough attention to the South is and has always been a monumental error. Lautaro has mentioned this before.

To any of the economist out there, what is the name of that concept that describes when governments create a few points of opportunity in the country which then creates an imbalance as far as population (overcrowding some areas, underpopulating and creating poverty in others) and socioeconomic progress? I'll go and try to find it. By the way, this news is depressing. Some may ask what am I doing about it, I don't know what to do besides bring it up to some people in government (JCE).

Explain to what door?

Depresing indeed. News like this it socket the air out of your body.

exactly if their was one

Dude mete mano deja de hablar entra lengua.

I predict that

The Dominican Republic will cease to exist within 2 generations if the Hatian pest isn't driven out of the country.