The Director of the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration (DIE), Antoine Jean Simon Fénélon, and nine other officials of the institution were detained this Monday, March 23, during an operation carried out by agents of the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ).

The Government Commissioner at the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, Jean Fritz Patterson Dorval, who confirmed the information to Le Nouvelliste, specified that the individuals arrested are currently being questioned by DCPJ investigators. He indicated that he had delegated authority to the police to collect essential information before the investigation report is transmitted to the prosecutor’s office.