27181: Karshan (News) DR under Alert over Tension in Haiti (Prensa Latina) (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Michelle Karshan

DR under Alert over Tension in Haiti

Santo Domingo, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican
Armed Forces are mobilizing fast along the border with
Haiti, while all border posts have been placed under
red alert, due to tensions in Haiti.

General Plutarco Medina, chief of the Third Brigade of
the Dominican Army, based on San Juan de la Maguana,
confirmed the red alert due to the death of Brazilian
General Urano Teixeira Da Matta Barcellar.

Medina noted that 25 posts along 119 kilometers on the
border are on alert, although he noted that the area
is quiet.

The Dominican-Haitian border lacks signs in most of
its 390 kilometers from north to south of La
Hispaniola, has few official checkpoints, while
traffic of people and goods is huge.

Admiral Sigfrido Pared Pérez, secretary of the
Dominican Armed Forces, said on Sunday night that
Border Guard is working fast to guarantee strict
control of entry and exit on the Haitian border
through Dajabón, Jimaní, Elías Piña and Pedernales.

Border Guard members will receive rigorous training
and will function as a superior command made up of
generals from different forces, headed by a general
who will be the coordinator and liaison between that
military institution and the General Staff.




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