U.N. troops to boost patrols near Haiti-Dominican border amid protest

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U.N. troops to boost patrols near Haiti-Dominican border amid protest
Published: September 2, 2006

MALPASSE, Haiti U.N. troops will double patrols near a major Haiti-Dominican border crossing amid a nearly two-month-long protest by Haitian truck drivers that has crippled commerce between the countries, the U.N. envoy said Saturday ..

They have also called for the customs director in Malpasse to be fired, a demand the government has rejected ..

The U.S. Embassy in Haiti has barred employees from traveling to the border, which is open to noncommercial traffic.

Mulet met Saturday with Haitian and Dominican border authorities, as well as angry Haitian market vendors who complained the higher import tax was making it hard to survive ..

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/02/news/CB_GEN_Haiti_Border_Violence.php