PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Dominican Republic expelled at least 244 Haitians after an elderly Dominican couple was slain in an appar...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Dominican Republic expelled at least 244 Haitians after an elderly Dominican couple was slain in an apparent burglary near the border between the two countries and a mob retaliated by killing a Haitian man, two migrant advocates said Sunday.nnThe Rev. Antoine Lissaint of Haiti's Jesuit Refugee and Migrant Organization told The Associated Press that a group of Dominicans killed the man because they blamed people of Haitian descent for the fatal stabbing of the couple.nnDominican police issued a statement saying Jose Mendez Diaz and Luja Encarnacion Diaz, both 70, were killed during an apparent home burglary in which the killers got away with two sacks of coffee. Detectives found a knife and stick at the scene.nnA group of Haitians who had been living in the southwestern Dominican town of Neiba the past several years sought refuge at a police station because they feared further reprisals, Lissaint said. Police handed the group over to soldiers who drove them to the border and expelled them to Haiti on Saturday.nnHaiti and the Dominican Republic have a long history of acrimony as neighbors on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. But relations between the two have worsened since a Dominican court decision in September threatened to revoke citizenship for residents of the Dominican Republic of Haitian descent.nDominicans expel 244 Haitians over border killings,Dominicans expel 347 Haitians over border killings,Dominicans expel 347,347,244,300,expel,Dominica (Country),dominicans,saint domingue,telehaiti,kiilling haitians,haiti news Less
