Guito Sénat, the recipient of a shipment of goods containing firearms and ammunition seized in the Dominican Republic, has been taken into custody in Hinche after turning himself in to the Central Departmental Judicial Police Service. The information was confirmed to Le Nouvelliste by the Central Departmental Delegate, Frédérique Occean. “He turned himself in to the police. He was accompanied by his lawyer,” the delegate stated in the early evening.

On March 4, Dominican authorities intercepted an illegal shipment of firearms and ammunition in transit to Haiti at the port of Haina. The General Directorate of Customs (DGA), in collaboration with the Public Prosecutor's Office and other security agencies, discovered 36,000 rounds of various calibers, 18 rifle magazines, 13 9mm pistol magazines, a .50 caliber magazine, a silencer, and a pistol box.