Thirteen Dominicans arrested in Mao for attacking migration agents during an operation
The Dominican Republic's General Directorate of Migration (DGM) reported that thirteen Dominicans were arrested and will face justice, accused of assaulting three of the agency's officers and obstructing an immigration enforcement operation at a construction site in Mao, Valverde province.
According to the DGM, officers were conducting checks at a project on Monseñor Tomás Abreu Street and had already detained six Haitian citizens who, according to the agency, were in an irregular immigration situation. A group of workers then intervened violently, assaulted members of the team and blocked the official truck's path with heavy machinery.
The maneuver allowed three of the six detained foreigners to escape, while the other three remained in custody and will be deported in the coming hours for lacking the required documents, the agency said.
The thirteen detainees will have to answer before the Public Prosecutor's Office and the courts for the alleged assaults and the obstruction of the authorities' work, acts covered by the General Migration Law 285-04 and the Dominican Penal Code. The DGM reiterated that it will continue enforcement operations across the country.
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