Dozens of Haiti-bound weapons, 36K cartridges sent from Miami seized in Dominican Republic

Dozens of firearms and more than 36,000 cartridges that were being shipped from the US to Haiti were seized by authorities in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday.

Handguns, rifles and pistol chargers — as well as one submachine gun — were seized by the Dominican customs office as part of a shipment from Miami destined for the Haitian half of the Caribbean island.

Gang violence has raged in Haiti, resulting in thousands of deaths and one million people displaced since 2021. REUTERS

Dominican authorities say they are conducting a full investigation in coordination with the US Department of Homeland Security.

Gang violence has flared up in Haiti — with militia-style gangs setting upon peaceful neighborhoods in capital Port-au-Prince last week, terrorizing and killing an unknown number of civilians in a predawn raid.

Over 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the past two weeks, the International Organization for Migration said.

More than 5,600 people were killed across Haiti as a result of gang violence in 2024, the United Nations said.

Over 1 million Haitians have been displaced in the years since President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in 2021.

Police search a man in Port-au-Prince on February 12. Patrice Noel/ZUMA Press Wire / SplashNews.com

It was recently uncovered that the US, through the controversial United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has sent $4.4 billion in foreign assistance to the small nation since 2010, when a deadly earthquake killed 300,000 Haitians.

With Post wires