NewsWhore
07-28-2009, 06:20 PM
The Dominican and Haitian authorities reopened the bi-national market that is held in Dajabon every Monday and Friday. However, yesterday the market was much less active than normal with fewer buyers and sellers occupying the stalls around the city.
According to Haitian consul Jean Batiste Bien Ame, the lower-than-usual turnout was the result of Haitian fears that there would be a recurrence of last Friday's incidents.
The market was suspended last Friday in the wake of protests in the nearby community of La Vegia following the killing of a 34-year old Dominican, Carlos Espinal, supposedly by two Haitians, one of whom, Pepine Wason Chipa, is in jail in Ouanaminthe (Juana Mendez), on the Haitian side of the border. The Haitian consul said that a further three people are also in jail, believed to belong to the gang led by Chipa, and accused of killing three people in Haiti in order to rob them.
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According to Haitian consul Jean Batiste Bien Ame, the lower-than-usual turnout was the result of Haitian fears that there would be a recurrence of last Friday's incidents.
The market was suspended last Friday in the wake of protests in the nearby community of La Vegia following the killing of a 34-year old Dominican, Carlos Espinal, supposedly by two Haitians, one of whom, Pepine Wason Chipa, is in jail in Ouanaminthe (Juana Mendez), on the Haitian side of the border. The Haitian consul said that a further three people are also in jail, believed to belong to the gang led by Chipa, and accused of killing three people in Haiti in order to rob them.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)