Following the murder of a farmer, Immigration intensifies operations in Estero Hondo

Puerto Plata, RD.- The General Directorate of Migration (DGM), in coordination with members of the Army, carried out a migration operation in the community of Estero Hondo, Puerto Plata, after the death of the farmer Welcome Acosta, allegedly at the hands of a Haitian immigrant. During the deployment, some 150 Haitian immigrants were arrested, who according to the authorities, lacked documents to prove their legal stay in Dominican territory. Al…

The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) detained 191 Haitian nationals in an irregular situation in Estero Hondo, Puerto Plata, as part of a broad interdiction operation intensified after learning of the murder of a rancher in the area. According to statements by community members, a man of Haitian origin would have been the murderer of rancher Bienvenido Acosta, 89 years old, who was found with stab wounds in his home on Orlando Martínez Str…