On the night of August 26 to 27, the Dominican Navy intercepted and arrested 97 migrants of Haitian origin in an irregular migratory situation, 55 men and 42 women and a Dominican couple, while they tried to go illegally to Puerto Rico aboard a 40 foot long boat (Yola), from Boca de Laguna.

The migrants were immediately transferred to the Naval Intelligence Directorate M-2 located in the Los Mameyes sector (Santo Domingo East) before being handed over to the Migration authorities for repatriation to Haiti.

The Navy explained that the 40-foot-long boat that carried Haitians was equipped with two outboard motors of 75 horsepower each and a reserve of 14 cans of fuel. The boat was destroyed by the navy who declared that this interception avoided a tragedy at sea https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34503-icihaiti-rescue-48-illegal-haitians-abandoned-on-an-island-in-the-strait-of-mona.html

In the case of the two Dominicans, M-2 investigators suspect that they are the organizers of this smuggling of migrants and are continuing their questioning.

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34503-icihaiti-rescue-48-illegal-haitians-abandoned-on-an-island-in-the-strait-of-mona.html

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