After the unrest recorded Thursday, September 29, 2022 in the industrial park of the Industrial Development Company (CODEVI) located in the Ounaminthe / Dajabón border area, where a group of Haitians entered the free zone and vandalized certain warehouses https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37771-haiti-flash-incident-in-the-free-zone-of-codevi-workers-evacuated-under-protection.html , the Dominican army has as a preventive measure militarized the area to preserve security on the Dominican side.

According to the General of the 4th army brigade, Germán Rosario Pérez, the border remains calm, with a large deployment of soldiers and patrols of heavily armed armored vehicles (machine guns) and special forces soldiers.

While waiting for the CODEVI free zone where more than 14,000 Haitians work (+ 20% of jobs in the manufacturing sector in Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26459-haiti-economy-a-dominican-responsible-for-more-than-20-of-textile-jobs-in-the-country.html ) is closed and will reopen as soon as it is possible to resume work safely for staff https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37771-haiti-flash-incident-in-the-free-zone-of-codevi-workers-evacuated-under-protection.html

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37771-haiti-flash-incident-in-the-free-zone-of-codevi-workers-evacuated-under-protection.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35374-icihaiti-codevi-opening-of-a-binational-emergency-center-in-ounaminthe.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26459-haiti-economy-a-dominican-responsible-for-more-than-20-of-textile-jobs-in-the-country.html

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