Santiago.- Dominican and Haitian authorities on Wednesday arrested in Dajabón province (northwest) three Haitian police officers wanted in a US$2.5 million in a bank heist in their country, EFE reports quoting official sources.
Haiti Police said the detainees from part of a group of 265 alleged mobsters wanted in connection with a larceny and kidnaping gang in the Caribbean country.
The three men, who fled to the Dominican Republic after deserted from Haiti’s police along with five colleagues, were identified as Jean Altidol Tius, Ricot Pierre Val and Carlos Badel Saint-Fort.
Dajabón DA Danny Minaya told reporters that the three former Haitian police agents were arrested in the town’s Mirash hotel, where they were staying.
Authorities of both countries say the three former Haitian agents planned to settle in the northern city of Santiago, home to one of the largest population of the neighboring country’s citizens in Dominican Republic, mostly undocumented.
Written by: bernies, 25 Oct 2012 9:58 AM
From: United States, key west fl
You see guys not all Dominicans police officers are crimals and this is a good example with all that money involved. Kudos to those officers making us Dominican proud to be born here.
From: Jamaica
Good job on this! Haiti news has come out to say that they arrested Clifford Brandt, son of the owner of Mazda of Haiti (sole licensed distributor for Mazda cars. trucks, parts, etc.) for being one of the kidnapping ring leaders. If this is true, it just goes to show what we smaller guys already know - the rich and powerful are usually behind these crimes. The media outlets, will usually give preferential treatment to these rich and powerful guys and report on the pawns like Ricott Pierre and Jean Tius and Babel Saint Fort (as mentioned above). A group of nobodys. Are the rich immune to the truth?
Written by: Pedrin, 25 Oct 2012 10:51 AM
From: United States
Maybe they had plans to invest some of that money in the DR. Hey, if the Europeans can do it, why not our neighbors.
From: United States
Make sure the $ count is accurate and nothing is bolging out of the pockets of (DR or Haiti) arresting agents!!! Maybe I should count the dough; just wanna be sure all (fat chance) is accounted for.
From: United States
WHAT IS FREaKING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? THEY PLANNED TO SETTLE IN Santiago de los Caballeros like its allright. F*#k applying for a visa, residency, this is our country now and we can settle anywhere we want , we are Haitians!
Mil conasos cono. Hay que sacarlos a la fuerza! No se van a ir de su propia cuenta. Fuerra de mi pueblo ancestral. Es increible que la colonia mas grande de Haitianos illegales residen en Santiago
Pueblo que suffrio mas que todos las invaciones cobardes de esta maldita gente. Mis visabuelos se estan retorciendo en sus tumbas en Santiago.
From: United States
F#*' u u f#*king cretin. Better all the other criminals than your backward a$$es. These mofo got a lot of nerve. Planning to settle in Santiago? Keep coming over thinking Dominicans are just goin to accept your trespassing. That's what your stupid people thought 100 yrs ago. A people that ignore history are doomed to repeat it. Largest community of Haitians in the country? They walked right in to the mouth of the beast.
Written by: BASTA, 25 Oct 2012 5:10 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs/Free abortions for all
HAITIking,==5*****s
From: Jamaica
I will try to be polite since I am only a guest on this site. I have a problem with criminals in general whether they be from (well anywhere). Haiti King has stated in the past that he does not need the Jamaicans to help him but what he does not realize is that I am not trying to support his position. I am trying to support my conscience. In all fairness this story in Haiti was interesting to me because the Brandt family was originally from Jamaica. They moved to Haiti many years ago and married into the aristocracy of Haiti (rich light skinned women, etc.). Criminals come in all nationalities. Come to Jamaica and I will even introduce you to some Dominican shady types - doing everything from illegal lottery to exporting ganga. I am sure that shady Jamaicans probably live in your towns. All Haitians should NOT be blamed for the actions of a few! Only fools jump to those conclusions.
From: Botswana, La reconnaissance est une lachete'
@Chilly
yes Mr Brantdt was arrested as the head of a major kidnapping ring, in 05 Freddy Marzouca who had ownership in atlantic window's and LandRover Haiti had to fled town when the DEA came knocking at his residence. those same powerful families in Haiti have their cousins in Jamaica also running things. example Prestige the Haitian beer co owned by Madsen before it was purchase by Heneken set up Red stripe in yard hence both bottles look the same. The faimily which owned Montana in Haiti also own the burrger king franchise in Ja. The same people who owned PriceMart in JA also owned its counterpart in Haiti.
From: United States
venga, take it easy! Santiago is my favorite city and I am church picnic clean. I do not see the Haiti v. DR issue in this matter. The kitchen got a little too hot for those boys, they had to run away from the chicken.
It is not a Haitiano thing; who would not want to settle in los caballeros if you have the $??? Nice ciudad with plenty of hermosas!!!
From: United States
Jamb, that's fine if the legal process is followed. We have laws, immigration procedures. This is not the European Union. If permitted half of Haiti would move to Santiago. This mass immigration to the Dominican side of the island is tightening resources (housing, education, health and especially jobs). It is causing a mass exodus of Dominicans out of our land looking for better opportunities abroad. Three family members have migrated in the last year because of conditions affected by the strain in resources by the added population (employment, security, cost of living, desire for better education for children)
I have stated before; we can help with Haiti's poor planning and resulting over population by legalizing some. We cannot be the sole recipient of Haitian exodus. Something gotta give. These NGO's advocating for the rights of people who have no rights in our country need to step up and have their own country accept some of this people overflow from Haiti.
From: United States
venga, your point is well taken and I myself have an issue with the mass exodus. I which DR would do something about the beggars in the streets and in front of Alta gracia iglesia(santiago). Maybe this is an opportunity to tighten the noose around some of those repugnant elites in Haiti; I have done business with the Brandt et al families in the past and I always chek my hand to make sure I have all my five fingers after shaking hand with those verguenzas.
cannot denied the pronunciamento needs a balancing force in Haiti and DR has its limitations in all the areas you've mentioned. let's wait and see if law will apply to Brandt as any other citizen. When I'll retire to Santiago, I want a safe city! Anyway, I will have a dozen of rottweilers and plenty of amos; come what may, if you tresspass.
From: Jamaica
To stop the migration, you must close your borders. You dont want to close your borders because it is counter-productive, profit-wise. You are realizing that it is impossible to have one without the other.
From: Jamaica
HaitiKing,
It is my hope that Haiti and Jamaica will continue to support each other. Jamaica has allowed business visas to Haitian businessmen who want to buy or sell their products within the Jamaican markets. A good move. We would be happy to buy food products from your country and sell/trade our own locally produced products to Haiti like cement, etc.. Our training hospital is one of the best in the caribbean and I would like to see a joint program that is geared to educate and train a large number of Haitians in the fields of medicine, nursing, vet medicine, physical therapy, optholmology, etc.(via the University of the West Indies system). These are probably poor examples but more should be done.
From: United States
apart from border??? can any islandcontrol anything???? who's the boss????
From: United States
That's what I'm talking about chill. Bravo!
This must come with an opportunity to immigrate for some. Haiti's greatest problem is excessive overpopulation, if I may coin the phrase
Written by: Vivacuba, 26 Oct 2012 6:18 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Relax, it is only worthless fiat dollars. It is paper currency, not money. It is not worth the paper it is printed upon
From: United States
Numbnutsking;
I'm glad you freely admit you would go after women and children, just like your cowardly ancestors did during your invasions of the 1800's. So when you see women and children being evacuated, start worrying.
From: Haiti
Battle Of Azua
The Battle of Azua (Battle of March 19), was the first major battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on March 19, 1844, at Azua de Compostela, Azua Province. A force of some 2,200 Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of The South, led by General Pedro Santana, defeated an outnumbering force of 10,000 troops of the Haitian Army led by General Souffrand.
From: Haiti
Battle Of Santiago.
The Battle of Santiago (Battle of March 30), was the second major battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on March 30, 1844, at Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province. A force of some Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of The North, led by General José María Imbert, defeated an outnumbering force of troops of the Haitian Army led by General Jean-Louis Pierrot.
From: Haiti
Battle Of El Memiso.
The Battle of El Memiso, was the third major battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on April 13, 1844, at El Memiso, Azua Province. A force of Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of The South, led by General Antonio Duvergé, defeated an outnumbering force of the Haitian Army led by Col. Pierre Paul.
From: Haiti
Battle Of Tortuguero.
The Battle of Tortuguero, was the first naval battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on April 15, 1844 at Tortuguero, Azua Province. A force of 3 Dominican schooners led by Commander Juan Bautista Cambiaso, defeated a force of 3 vessels of the Haitian Navy. Though it was a minor naval battle engagement, it determined the naval supremacy of the Dominican Republic over Haiti until the end of the war.
From: Haiti
On March 31, 1844 news from French Admiral De Moges from the frigate La Neréide, warned of a flotilla of Haitian vessels that had been raiding the coast of the Ocoa Bay and tranporsting supplies to the Haitian Army in Azua. He recommended President Tomás de Bobadilla y Briones of the Junta Central Gubernativa, to order all ships in Santo Domingo be used for war. Conscripts for the new navy gathered at Puerta de la Misericordia, among them were Juan Alejandro Acosta, José Antonio Sanabia, Joaquín Orta, Teodoro Ariza, Pedro Tomás Garrido y Fermín González.
From: Haiti
Juan Alejandro Acosta together with some fellow merchants, armed two schooners. Acosta received the schooner Eleonore (renamed San José) from the British merchant Abraham Cohen and was
From: Haiti
followed by the Italian merchant Juan Bautista Maggiolo who got the schooner María Chica from the Catalan merchants José and Francisco Ginebra. Both schooners set sail in early April to Aguas de la Estancia, Baní to meet there with Commander Juan Bautista Cambiaso, another Italian merchant.
From: Haiti
On April 13, three schooners led by Commander Juan Bautista Cambiaso set sail from Aguas de la Estancia. Cambiaso leading the schooner Separación Dominicana (flagship), the Captain Juan Bautista Maggiolo led the María Chica and Lieutenant Juan Alejandro Acosta led the San José.
Two days later, on April 15, Commander Cambiaso sighted three vessels off shore bombarding Tortuguero, Azua. The three vessels were the Pandora, La Mouche and Le Signifie. Cambiaso quickly decided to engage the fleet and after a combination of manoeuvres the enemy succumbed. All three enemy vessels were sunk. Almost all sailors died in the battle and there is no record of any survivor from the sinkings.
From: Haiti
Aftermath
News from this victory travelled fast and on April 23, 1844 the Junta Central Gubernativa authorized to incorporate these three schooners in the newly created Dominican Navy, and Commander Cambiaso was appointed Admiral. Haitian presence at sea vanished after this engagement, which ensured naval supremacy for the newborn nation.
From: United States
Unloaded a can of whup-a$$ on those invaders even though we were vastly outnumbered in every encounter . . Sic semper invasores. What's your excuse now numbnutsking? They were tired of being tired?
And no no no it wasn't almost the same people fighting in 1844, it was an invasion force of African descendants occupying spanish speaking and spanish cultured people of variety of ethnic combinatuons.
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Mil conasos cono. Hay que sacarlos a la fuerza! No se van a ir de su propia cuenta. Fuerra de mi pueblo ancestral. Es increible que la colonia mas grande de Haitianos illegales residen en Santiago
Pueblo que suffrio mas que todos las invaciones cobardes de esta maldita gente. Mis visabuelos se estan retorciendo en sus tumbas en Santiago.
yes Mr Brantdt was arrested as the head of a major kidnapping ring, in 05 Freddy Marzouca who had ownership in atlantic window's and LandRover Haiti had to fled town when the DEA came knocking at his residence. those same powerful families in Haiti have their cousins in Jamaica also running things. example Prestige the Haitian beer co owned by Madsen before it was purchase by Heneken set up Red stripe in yard hence both bottles look the same. The faimily which owned Montana in Haiti also own the burrger king franchise in Ja. The same people who owned PriceMart in JA also owned its counterpart in Haiti.
It is not a Haitiano thing; who would not want to settle in los caballeros if you have the $??? Nice ciudad with plenty of hermosas!!!
I have stated before; we can help with Haiti's poor planning and resulting over population by legalizing some. We cannot be the sole recipient of Haitian exodus. Something gotta give. These NGO's advocating for the rights of people who have no rights in our country need to step up and have their own country accept some of this people overflow from Haiti.
cannot denied the pronunciamento needs a balancing force in Haiti and DR has its limitations in all the areas you've mentioned. let's wait and see if law will apply to Brandt as any other citizen. When I'll retire to Santiago, I want a safe city! Anyway, I will have a dozen of rottweilers and plenty of amos; come what may, if you tresspass.
It is my hope that Haiti and Jamaica will continue to support each other. Jamaica has allowed business visas to Haitian businessmen who want to buy or sell their products within the Jamaican markets. A good move. We would be happy to buy food products from your country and sell/trade our own locally produced products to Haiti like cement, etc.. Our training hospital is one of the best in the caribbean and I would like to see a joint program that is geared to educate and train a large number of Haitians in the fields of medicine, nursing, vet medicine, physical therapy, optholmology, etc.(via the University of the West Indies system). These are probably poor examples but more should be done.
This must come with an opportunity to immigrate for some. Haiti's greatest problem is excessive overpopulation, if I may coin the phrase
I'm glad you freely admit you would go after women and children, just like your cowardly ancestors did during your invasions of the 1800's. So when you see women and children being evacuated, start worrying.
The Battle of Azua (Battle of March 19), was the first major battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on March 19, 1844, at Azua de Compostela, Azua Province. A force of some 2,200 Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of The South, led by General Pedro Santana, defeated an outnumbering force of 10,000 troops of the Haitian Army led by General Souffrand.
The Battle of Santiago (Battle of March 30), was the second major battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on March 30, 1844, at Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province. A force of some Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of The North, led by General José María Imbert, defeated an outnumbering force of troops of the Haitian Army led by General Jean-Louis Pierrot.
The Battle of El Memiso, was the third major battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on April 13, 1844, at El Memiso, Azua Province. A force of Dominican troops, a portion of the Army of The South, led by General Antonio Duvergé, defeated an outnumbering force of the Haitian Army led by Col. Pierre Paul.
The Battle of Tortuguero, was the first naval battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on April 15, 1844 at Tortuguero, Azua Province. A force of 3 Dominican schooners led by Commander Juan Bautista Cambiaso, defeated a force of 3 vessels of the Haitian Navy. Though it was a minor naval battle engagement, it determined the naval supremacy of the Dominican Republic over Haiti until the end of the war.
Two days later, on April 15, Commander Cambiaso sighted three vessels off shore bombarding Tortuguero, Azua. The three vessels were the Pandora, La Mouche and Le Signifie. Cambiaso quickly decided to engage the fleet and after a combination of manoeuvres the enemy succumbed. All three enemy vessels were sunk. Almost all sailors died in the battle and there is no record of any survivor from the sinkings.
News from this victory travelled fast and on April 23, 1844 the Junta Central Gubernativa authorized to incorporate these three schooners in the newly created Dominican Navy, and Commander Cambiaso was appointed Admiral. Haitian presence at sea vanished after this engagement, which ensured naval supremacy for the newborn nation.
And no no no it wasn't almost the same people fighting in 1844, it was an invasion force of African descendants occupying spanish speaking and spanish cultured people of variety of ethnic combinatuons.