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02-16-2007, 02:50 PM
UN Special Envoy to Haiti, Edmond Mulet says that intense operations in Haiti have forced Haitian gang members to flee the country and come into the DR. UN envoy to Haiti Edmond Mulet said that Dominican authorities have caught a number of Haitian gang members trying to enter the DR illegally after UN peacekeeping troops began their special operations in and around Port-au-Prince a month ago.
UN troops started entering the slums in order to neutralize the armed gangs in December after Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis authorized the 7,000 UN troops and 1,300 police to intervene.
The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) stepped up operations against gunmen and kidnappers following public criticism of the UN force for what Haitians perceived as indifference to the rampaging armed groups.
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UN troops started entering the slums in order to neutralize the armed gangs in December after Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis authorized the 7,000 UN troops and 1,300 police to intervene.
The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) stepped up operations against gunmen and kidnappers following public criticism of the UN force for what Haitians perceived as indifference to the rampaging armed groups.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)