NewsWhore
03-08-2012, 03:10 PM
The border crossing at Jimani/Malpas in the southwest was closed after a truck loaded with cement from the Dominican Republic was seized. According to El Nuevo Diario, confusion reigned in the area while officials were trying to sort things out. Early on Wednesday morning, March 7, several people on the Dominican side of the frontier trying to get into Haiti were denied access, and dozens of vehicles loaded with merchandise were stuck on both sides of the narrow highway into and out of Haiti. Drivers from several transport unions and associations blocked off the highway as part of their action to resolve the issue as fast as possible.
Last Friday March 2 a cement truck was held up and the driver suffered a gunshot wound in Cite Soleil, a Port-au-Prince slum. The driver was left by the roadside, the truck stolen, and passers-by had to take the 23-year old driver, Luis Duran, to a clinic run by Doctors without Frontiers. The authorities managed to recover the trailer, but the cab is still in the hands of the thieves. Cesfront officers confirmed the closure of the border crossing.
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Last Friday March 2 a cement truck was held up and the driver suffered a gunshot wound in Cite Soleil, a Port-au-Prince slum. The driver was left by the roadside, the truck stolen, and passers-by had to take the 23-year old driver, Luis Duran, to a clinic run by Doctors without Frontiers. The authorities managed to recover the trailer, but the cab is still in the hands of the thieves. Cesfront officers confirmed the closure of the border crossing.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)