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Santo Domingo.- Haiti authorities say they’ve seized at least 15 trucks from Dominican Republic allegedly loaded with products to be smuggled through Jimani (southwest).

Haiti’s government also denounced the presence of "tons of iron" for construction in around 20 trucks "trying to evade" the Haitian authorities at the village Belladère, across the border from the Dominican town, Comendador.

Haiti Customs director Fritzner Jean-Baptiste, told the Haiti media that 15 truckloads of undeclared goods were seized in Malpasse.

He said the merchants used Jimani’s binational market to try to smuggle products paying neither customs duties nor taxes.

The official added that customs officials suspect a "vast" smuggling operation that was detected with better controls at border crossings and the presence of Haitian customs and police agents.

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Written by: hernandez5482, 18 Jul 2012 9:36 AM
From: United States, Vivir sin Patria, es lo mismo que vivir sin Honor.
Good, jail them...
Written by: bernies, 18 Jul 2012 10:10 AM
From: United States, key west fl
And not just any Jail, a Hiatian jail.
Lets hear them cry
Written by: generoso, 18 Jul 2012 10:37 AM
From: Dominican Republic, United States
So that was where all the stolen scrap iron was ending up!
Being in a Haitian jail has to be worse than hell on earth, if the prisoners don't get you, the beatings and rapes will, or the inexistent sanitary conditions, bugs, disease, lack of food or water, or the stench.
Written by: Trujillo, 18 Jul 2012 5:51 PM
From: Dominican Republic
There's no control in that border and as long as it stays this way the contraband will continue. Propose a wall and modern border checkpoints and you will be called a racist.
Written by: KISKEYAMAN, 18 Jul 2012 6:07 PM
From: Haiti
good job, now the side of HAITI is protected by the policeman and other HAITIANS.
WE LOST TOO MUCH MONEY
Written by: ChicharronyPresidente, 18 Jul 2012 7:06 PM
From: United States, Abajo la Robolucion
Governments like people only take action when it hurts their pocket books, not paying duty taxes, yeah, will put cops to stop that, stopping 12 year old girls from being rape in tent cities?,,nahhhhhhhhh.
Written by: airgordo, 19 Jul 2012 5:22 AM
From: Dominican Republic
I just HOPE they WILL exercise the same control WITH THEIR OWN PEOPLE, crossing illegally to a foreing nation
Written by: ROMYP, 19 Jul 2012 10:24 AM
From: Netherlands, AMSTERDAM
Yes good job!!! now we get a real government to control illegal border that come from DR, those goods come from SANTO- DOMINGO DESTROY HAITIAN ECONOMY, that give DR 2billions a year. DR don't buy HAITIAN PRODUCT ANYWAY. HAITIAN GOVERNMENT must close the market border. I'll be VERY HAPPY!
Written by: Pepe32, 19 Jul 2012 7:56 PM
From: Dominican Republic
The Haitians have every right to control their border ,we should do the same and deport all those who have entered ILLEGALLY and stop any material going to Haiti.Deport,seal the border and let nature take it's course because incredibly Haiti has not yet hit bottom!
Written by: ChicharronyPresidente, 21 Jul 2012 9:59 PM
From: United States, Abajo la Robolucion
Einstein said that he did not like or trusted democracies. He had an issue with a form of government where an idiot had the same power to elect a president as a genius. Reading some of the comments here I can see his point. you can't close the border, Haiti will starved, What does Haiti has that Dominicans need? Haiti should police their own people from crossing onto the Dominican Republic with the same efforts and fervor that it tries to stop the Dominicans from crossing with illegal trade. And if you talk about cost?. How much do the illegal Haitians cost the Dominican Republic in health cost? Social Services? How about the thousands of Haitians who were taken across the border and whose lives were saved after the earth quake? Has the Haitian government paid for that?
Written by: KISKEYAMAMA, 22 Jul 2012 11:11 PM
From: Haiti
we,ayitians starvin' already.
Written by: ChicharronyPresidente, 24 Jul 2012 9:12 PM
From: United States, Abajo la Robolucion
Hahahaha, Mr. Spinach! the truth hurts doesn't it? When a person can't argue his point of view with reason and logic, they try to insult and ridicule the other person, but your insults do not make your opinions any more truthful. We are talking about Haiti and D.R. so don't try to evade the truth by bringing the Latinos in the U.S. into this because it is out of context and it only proves you can't defend your dumb point of view.
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