Request for intervention to stop motoconchos due to Haitian presence

Santo Domingo — The secretary general of the National Federation of Christian Social Transport Workers (Fenattransc), Mario Díaz, reported on Friday that motorcycle taxi stops are being “invaded” by undocumented Haitian foreigners.

Díaz described this as a “threat” to public safety and order, leading to a significant increase in criminal acts such as theft, vandalism, and sexual assaults that “affect the safety of users.”

In a press release, the union leader said that “in provinces such as Santo Domingo, the National District, Santiago, and other important urban areas, thousands of Haitians have taken over passenger transport routes, displacing Dominican workers in the sector and setting up a parallel system without regulation or control.”

Mario Díaz also denounced the companies and individuals who sell motorcycles without requiring legal documentation and the regulatory entities that, he said, have allowed people without legal status to operate as motorcycle taxi drivers, compromising road and citizen safety.

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In this regard, the secretary general of Fenattransc reported that his organization has sent an official request to the General Directorate of Migration, the General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transport Safety (Digesett), and the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transport (Intrant) to carry out joint operations throughout the country to identify and remove undocumented citizens from transport routes, to restore control of stops to duly accredited Dominican workers.

“We are facing a national security problem. Public transportation routes cannot be manipulated or controlled by people who have entered the country illegally. It is time to act firmly to protect national sovereignty, local employment, and passenger safety,” said Díaz.

Diaz urgently appealed to the government to address this situation with the seriousness and speed it deserves. “The Dominican people demand answers. We cannot continue to stand by passively and watch our transportation system be dismantled amid the indifference of the authorities.”