Dahabon, Dominican Republic.- Dominican and Haitian social organizations threaten to break the chains placed across the bridges linking Dajabón with the northwest Haiti town Wanament tomorrow Friday, claiming that they block transit and the delivery of products to the devastated nation.

In a emailed statement, the charity organization Border Solidarity said despite the Haitian authorities warning that “Marines” deployed at neaerby Fort Libertè are ready to confront them, they “have the chest to face the bullets which may be fired at them in the protest.”

The organization, part of the Jesuit Service for Migrants and Refugees said commerce and humanitarian aid through Dajabón have increased after the quake destroyed most of Haiti’s capital.

It said several Dajabón organizations which currently collect, store and ship humanitarian aid to ease the crisis in Port-au-Prince, Wanament, Cape Haitian and Gonaïves complain of unnecessary backups at Customs and when attempting to cross the old bridge over the Masacre river.

“If by 10 a.m. Friday, January 29 the new bridge isn’t open to carts and buyers, the Haitian people will break the chains across the bridge and the Dominicans will cut the wires placed on this side,” warned the priest Regino Martinez, of Border Solidarity in the Marién radio program

He said the dozens of large and small carts and trucks loaded with products for the Haitians are stranded on Henríquez street have created a “pandemonium” in the strip of just 200 meters between Wanament and Dajabón.

Martinez said it takes one hour to cross the border by motorbike, making it urgent to open the new bridge, that he connects with the north  Haiti, “which should’ve been in operation a long time ago.”

“I’ve been trying to establish contact with the officials so they adopt the border security and Customs measures to let the Haitian carts and buyers cross on Mondays and Fridays, for what’s known as Dajabon’s bi-national market,” he said.