On Friday, September 1, Dominican farmers who work in the production area of ​​the municipal district of Cañongo (North), saw Haitians on a beef farm and plantain culture, on a parcel limited to the west of the island with the Haitian communities Derac and Meac, destroying the pyramids #4 and #5 used to delimit the border between the two countries.

Following a complaint, the soldiers went to the scene and the Haitians claimed to be the owners of the parcel on which these pyramids were located, while the Dominicans contested this claim, saying that these lands belong to the successors of the Castro family. An investigation has been opened to verify the facts and take the measures that the law imposes. Since the partial destruction of these two pyramids, due to the military presence, no other incident has been reported

Remember that this is not the first time that Haitians are trying to destroy, destroy or move these pyramids. In 2005, by Decree 298-05, a Commission was commissioned to relocate these pyramids to their historic position and in accordance with the territorial agreements between the two nations as well as to rebuild the damaged pyramids on the Dominican Republic border. and Haiti.

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