SANTO DOMINGO. – Dominican Republic’s Foreign Relations Ministry today condemned the killing of four Haitians in an incident in the western border community Jimaní and affirmed that the country’s judicial authorities will proceed immediately against the aggressors.

Expressing the Government’s consternation from the tragedy Carlos Morales said the Dominican people repudiate acts as this nature. “We condemn and reproach these deaths and I hope that justice acts quickly against the unscrupulous ones whot committed it."

The killings occurred in the isolated section Loma El Bejuco, between the communities Boca de Cachón and Pinos del Edén, of Jimaní, Independencia province, where the victims were chopping down trees to make charcoal, said Judicial District prosecutor Ruddy Perez Medrano.

“It’s the Government’s interest that the corresponding authorities act of quickly and adequately so the people responsible for this abominable fact are sent to court as quickly as possible to pay this offense to society."

Moales said, and affirmed that when an incident like this occurs “the only thing it deserves of the Government and Dominican society is its firm rebuke and the commitment to take all necessary measures to prosecute those responsible."

Three deaths

A Police Forensics team from Santo Domingo affirms that the number of Haitians who died from the attack near Jimaní is three.