Clashes reported on Haiti border
The Dominican Republic put its army on alert along the northwest border with Haiti as residents of the two nations traded allegations of cross-border incursions, kidnapping and cattle rustling, media reported.
Armed Haitians crossed into the Dominican Republic on Saturday near Dajabon and abducted two workmen who were dredging sand in the Massacre River, authorities said. The river separates the two nations that share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
About 50 armed Dominican cattle farmers had crossed into Haiti on Friday to claim 16 cows and two horses they alleged had been stolen from them.
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