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Dominican Republic issues official report on collapse that killed 226

The report did not clarify the causes of the tragedy, while a team of national and international experts is expected to continue investigating the structural failure

Rescue workers carry the recovered body of a victim who died when the roof collapsed two nights prior at the Jet Set nightclub during a merengue concert, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

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Death toll from Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse rises to 218

Dominican anti-drug police officers present packages of drugs seized, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Photo: AP Photo/Jose Adames via UNB

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Dominican Republic seizes record 9.5 tons of cocaine

A woman pushes a wheelbarrow after Haitians were allowed into a market for needed essentials and trade, as gang violence continues in the aftermath of the resignation of Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry, at a farmer's market in the border town of Dajabon, Dominican Republic, March 18, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Fran Afonso/File Photo

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Haiti condemns Dominican Republic's plan to deport 10,000 migrants weekly

President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader speaks after he assumed his second four-year term in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, August 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Fran Afonso

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Dominican Republic's Abinader vows economic growth, social reforms in second term

The "pirate" party boat The Pearl is stuck on rocks after Hurricane Beryl passed in Gros Islet, St. Lucia July 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Jarmal Mc lennon

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3 dead after Hurricane Beryl hits eastern Caribbean islands

A view of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas

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Hurricane Fiona seen intensifying after slamming Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

A passenger arrives at terminal D of Miami International Airport after heavy rains, as Hurricane Elsa moves towards south Florida, in Miami, U.S. July 2, 2021. Picture taken July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Hurricane Elsa barrels towards Dominican Republic, Haiti

Border security soldiers guard border control as Haitians wait to cross the border, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, September 22, 2019. . REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas/File Photo

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Dominican Republic to construct fence along border with Haiti

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