{"id":29367,"date":"2026-03-04T08:55:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/?p=29367"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:55:03","slug":"juana-mendez-protest-dajabon-border-tensions-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/juana-mendez-protest-dajabon-border-tensions-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Tensions: Haitians Mobilize in Juana M\u00e9ndez, Dajab\u00f3n Tightens Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 3, 2026, Haitian citizens staged a peaceful demonstration in Juana M\u00e9ndez, near the northern border with the Dominican Republic<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Protesters voiced opposition to a measure adopted by the mayor of Dajab\u00f3n aimed at regulating the entry of foreign nationals into the municipality. Using three-wheeled transport motorcycles, demonstrators denounced what they described as an unfair restriction.<\/p>\n

In response, the Cuerpo Especializado en Seguridad Fronteriza Terrestre<\/span><\/span> (CESFRONT) reinforced security at the border checkpoint to prevent any potential incidents.<\/p>\n

For his part, Mayor Santiago River\u00f3n<\/span><\/span> criticized what he called \u201cblackmail,\u201d referring to alleged threats of a possible border closure.<\/p>\n

The mobilization underscores the sensitivity of relations between Haiti<\/span><\/span> and the Dominican Republic, amid recurring tensions surrounding migration and trade issues. <\/a><\/p>\n

Dominican authorities maintain that their objective is to preserve public order while avoiding any escalation.<\/p>\n

Source : Listin Diario.<\/a><\/em>
\nSoraya Ades.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On March 3, 2026, Haitian citizens staged a peaceful demonstration in Juana M\u00e9ndez, near the northern border with the Dominican Republic. Protesters voiced opposition to a measure adopted by the mayor of Dajab\u00f3n aimed at regulating the entry of foreign nationals into the municipality. Using three-wheeled transport motorcycles, demonstrators denounced what they described as an unfair restriction. In response, the Cuerpo Especializado en Seguridad Fronteriza Terrestre (CESFRONT) reinforced security at the border checkpoint to prevent any potential incidents. For his part, Mayor Santiago River\u00f3n criticized what he called \u201cblackmail,\u201d referring to alleged threats of a possible border closure. The mobilization underscores the sensitivity of relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, amid recurring tensions surrounding migration and trade issues. Dominican authorities maintain that their objective is to preserve public order while avoiding any escalation. Source : Listin Diario. Soraya Ades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":29374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"4","parallax":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"Haitian demonstrators protest a municipal measure as border security forces increase surveillance."},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[4597,4598,3546,3463,4561],"class_list":["post-29367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites","tag-border-tensions","tag-cesfront","tag-dominican-republic","tag-haiti","tag-migration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lequotidien509.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Culturelle-8-1.webp?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29376,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29367\/revisions\/29376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}