Saturday October 21, 2023, Colonel Freddy Soto Thormann Director of the Specialized Land Border Security Corps (CESFRONT) denied the allegations of experts from the United Nations Committee who assert in their report that firearms transit through border posts from the Dominican Republic for gangs in Haiti.

The UN group of experts specifies that the majority of firearms and ammunition in circulation in Haiti are originally manufactured or purchased in the United States "They arrive in Haiti directly from the United States or via the Dominican Republic," the report said.

Arms trafficking takes advantage of "insecurity, the institutional vacuum and weak border controls," which offer criminals, particularly transnational criminal networks, "a golden opportunity to expand their activities". They said gangs can buy handguns, shotguns and 5.56mm semi-automatic rifles, with corresponding ammunition, on the illicit market in Haiti or in the Dominican Republic. underline the UN experts, who traveled to the Dominican Republic and Haiti to prepare their report.

Download the final report S/2023/674 English PDF 156 pages: https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/N2324628.pdf

Colonel Thormann assured that goods crossing land border posts are strictly controlled by the Cesfront military and that they have not seized any weapons at these levels. However, he recognizes that with relative frequency, the General Directorate of Customs has seized several shipments of arms in the country's ports.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40775-haiti-flash-the-security-council-unanimously-extends-the-sanctions-regime-against-haiti.html

SL/ HaitiLibre