Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04SANTODOMINGO1965
2004-03-26 20:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Santo Domingo
Cable title:  

DOMINICAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF ON HAITI, NEXT

Tags:  PGOV MARR HA DR 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SANTO DOMINGO 001965 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA, WHA/CAR, WHA/PPC, AND DRL
NSC FOR SHANNON AND MADISON
LABOR FOR ILAB
TREASURY FOR OASIA-LAMONICA
USDOC FOR 4322/ITA/MAC/WH/CARIBBEAN BASIN DIVISION
USDOC FOR 3134/ITA/USFCS/RD/WH

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/25/2008
TAGS: PGOV MARR HA DR
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF ON HAITI, NEXT
DOMINICAN AMBASSADOR


Classified By: ECOPOL Counselor Michael Meigs for Reason 1.5 (b) and (d
).

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANTO DOMINGO 001965

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA, WHA/CAR, WHA/PPC, AND DRL
NSC FOR SHANNON AND MADISON
LABOR FOR ILAB
TREASURY FOR OASIA-LAMONICA
USDOC FOR 4322/ITA/MAC/WH/CARIBBEAN BASIN DIVISION
USDOC FOR 3134/ITA/USFCS/RD/WH

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/25/2008
TAGS: PGOV MARR HA DR
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF ON HAITI, NEXT
DOMINICAN AMBASSADOR


Classified By: ECOPOL Counselor Michael Meigs for Reason 1.5 (b) and (d
).


1. (C) In conversation with DATT and poloff on March 22
Dominican Armed Forces Secretary LTG Soto Jiminez expressed
concern over "gangs of criminals" that he said controlled the
Haitian side of the northern border with the Dominican
Republic. Dominican security forces along the border
consequently have no authorized counterparts with whom to
coordinate border controls and other issues. The gangs
collected illegal taxes from traders or blocked their passage
when they tried to cross the border to engage in legitimate
commerce, particularly at weekly markets on which many
Dominicans and Haitians depend for food or income. Soto
urged that the multinational interim force in Haiti deploy
troops to re-establish Haitian government authority in the
north.


2. (C) Soto told us that the previous Dominican ambassador in
Port-au-Prince Despradel would not return, owing to alleged
abuse of his position. The new ambassador will be a military
officer, who because of his experience will be better able to
assess the unstable security situation.


3. (U) Port au Prince minimize considered.
HERTELL