{"id":509467,"date":"2026-06-04T10:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/army-intercepts-vehicle-transporting-seven-undocumented-haitians-in-santiago-rodriguez\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:08:14","slug":"army-intercepts-vehicle-transporting-seven-undocumented-haitians-in-santiago-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/army-intercepts-vehicle-transporting-seven-undocumented-haitians-in-santiago-rodriguez\/","title":{"rendered":"Army intercepts vehicle transporting seven undocumented Haitians in Santiago Rodr\u00edguez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santiago Rodr\u00edguez.\u2013<\/strong> Members of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ejercito.mil.do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominican Republic Army<\/a><\/strong> (ERD) intercepted a vehicle that was being used to transport seven Haitian citizens in an irregular migratory status during an operation carried out in the Santiago Rodr\u00edguez province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the military report, the soldiers detected a <strong>Hyundai<\/strong> brand SUV, <strong>Santa Fe<\/strong> model, silver in color, while it was traveling along the <strong>Mao-Santiago Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> highway, near the entrance to the Tarana section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon noticing the presence of the authorities, the driver fled, which initiated a pursuit by military personnel. However, upon finding himself cornered, he abandoned the vehicle and escaped the scene, so the authorities are continuing investigations to determine his whereabouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/nacionales\/reportan-mas-de-11-mil-haitianos\/\">Army reports more than 11 thousand undocumented Haitians detained during operations in May<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the inspection carried out on the vehicle, the military found seven Haitian nationals inside with irregular migratory status, consisting of five men and two women, who were detained for the corresponding procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The foreigners and the occupied vehicle were transferred to the Army fortress in Santiago Rodr\u00edguez, where the necessary procedures were carried out before their handover to the competent authorities for the established legal purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dominican Republic Army reported that it will continue to reinforce migration interdiction operations in different parts of the national territory, with the aim of combating illegal human trafficking, strengthening border security, and ensuring compliance with current migration laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago Rodr\u00edguez.\u2013 Members of the Dominican Republic Army (ERD) intercepted a vehicle that was being used to transport seven Haitian citizens in an irregular migratory status during an operation carried out in the Santiago Rodr\u00edguez province. According to the military report, the soldiers detected a Hyundai brand SUV, Santa Fe model, silver in color, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133558,"featured_media":509926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":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,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[40761,43954,40963,40372],"class_list":["post-509467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-army","tag-intercept","tag-undocumented","tag-vehicle"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-28xd","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-04-at-9.29.37-AM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Linda Veras","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-11-at-9.59.54-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-04-at-9.29.37-AM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133558"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}