23866: Arthur (pub) Military rounds up 300 Haitians (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Tttnhm@aol.com

Military rounds up 300 Haitians - DR1.com - 9 December 2004

The Armed Forces have arrested 300 Haitians and one Dominican, and seized a
truck in the province of Dajabon near the Haitian border. El Caribe reports
that the Haitians were rounded up in operations carried out in the farms and
towns of Copey, La Vigia, Loma de Cabrera and Dajabon. The truck in question left
Haiti and entered the DR with RD$500,000 worth of powdered milk and 200
undocumented Haitians concealed aboard. The commander of "Operation Cowboy," Colonel
Antonio Taveraas Perez, said the arrests were made owing to intelligence
gained by Armed Forces working along the northern area of the border. El Caribe
also reports that the US Embassy's military attache in the DR, Glenn R Huber,
visited Dajabon with Colonel Taveras to evaluate the operation's progress. Huber
displayed his satisfaction with the work being carried out by the Dominican
soldiers to combat drug and arms trafficking, as well as the smuggling of
vehicles and people across the border. The US official surveyed the area by
helicopter with the Dominican military.