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Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

What to know about US student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished in Dominican Republic on spring break

Investigators are continuing the search for a college student from Virginia who vanished earlier this month while visiting the Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki and five other people were there during spring break from classes.
 
Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

FBI joins search for US college student who vanished in Dominican Republic on spring break

 
Zoe Saldana accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "Emilia Perez during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Zoe Saldaña’s Oscar reminds Dominicans of the first time they won Miss Universe

 
Inmates stand inside a corridor during time they are allowed to be outside of their cells at Najayo jail in San Cristobal, west of Santo Domingo, May 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

 
Haitians deported from the Dominican Republic get out of trucks in Carrizal, Dominican Republic, on the border with Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Adames)

Haitian migrants share harrowing stories of abuse as Dominican Republic ramps up deportations

 

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Dominican Republic President Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dominican president warns of ‘drastic measures’ if anti-gang mission in Haiti fails

 
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader hold a joint news conference at the National Palace in Santo Domingo, Sept. 6, 2024. (Roberto Schmidt/Pool photo via AP)

Blinken visits Dominican Republic as talks with president focus on economy and Haiti’s crisis

 
A boy stands on the bumper step of a paddy wagon holding undocumented Haitians detained by immigration officials, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, Friday, May 17, 2024. As violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

What’s next for a crackdown on Haitian migrants as the Dominican Republic leader enters a new term?

 
Incumbent presidential candidate Luis Abinader, center, waves to supporters alongside vice presidential candidate Raquel Peña, left, and wife, Raquel Arbaje, after the first vote count showed him leading in general elections in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader heads to reelection as competitors concede early

 
A political billboard with a message that reads in Spanish: "Better health coverage for the most vulnerable sectors", promotes the candidacy of incumbent President Luis Abinader, who is running for reelection, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Haiti’s crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic

 
Dominican soldiers stand on the bridge that crosses the border between Haiti and Dajabon in the Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The Dominican Republic partially reopened its border with Haiti on Wednesday to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier in a continuing spat over the construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Haiti refuses to open key border crossing with Dominican Republic in spat over canal

 
People wait on the closed border bridge to cross back into Haiti, from Dajabon, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The Dominican Republic partially reopened its border with Haiti on Wednesday to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier in a continuing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti. But a diplomatic crisis persists

 
Dominican Republic security forces stand guard on a border bridge between Dajabón, Dominican Republic, and Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. The president of the Dominican Republic announced Thursday that he would close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in response to the construction of a supposed canal on Haitian soil that targets waters from the Massacre River, which runs along the border shared by both countries. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernández)

Haiti’s government to oversee canal project that prompted Dominican Republic to close all borders

 
Dominican Republic security forces stand guard on a border bridge between Dajabón, Dominican Republic, and Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. The president of the Dominican Republic announced Thursday that he would close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in response to the construction of a supposed canal on Haitian soil that targets waters from the Massacre River, which runs along the border shared by both countries. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernández)

Dominican Republic’s president stands resolute on his closing of all borders with Haiti

 
People stand near the construction of a canal, on the bank of the Massacre River, a natural border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, photographed from Dajabon, Dominican Republic, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The Dominican Republic shut all land, air and sea borders with Haiti on Friday in a dispute about construction of a canal on Haitian soil that taps into the shared river. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti as tensions rise in a dispute over a canal

 
Shoppers stand with bags of merchandise they bought in Dajabón, Dominican Republic, before crossing the border to Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. The president of the Dominican Republic announced Thursday that he would close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in response to the construction of a supposed canal on Haitian soil that targets waters from the Massacre River, which runs along the border shared by both countries. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernández)

Dominican Republic to close all borders with Haiti in a dispute over a canal

 
FILE - People bathe in the Massacre River, named for a bloody battle between Spanish and French colonizers in the 1700s, on the border with Haiti in Ouanaminthe, Dominican Republic, Nov. 19, 2021. The Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader announced on Sept. 11, 2023 he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Haitian officials meet in Dominican Republic to prevent border closings over canal dispute

 
FILE - People bathe in the Massacre River, named for a bloody battle between Spanish and French colonizers in the 1700s, on the border with Haiti in Ouanaminthe, Dominican Republic, Nov. 19, 2021. The Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader announced on Sept. 11, 2023 he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Dominican president suspends visas for Haitians and threatens to close border with its neighbor

 
Firefighters put out a fire after a powerful explosion in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, Monday, Aug 14, 2023. The Monday afternoon explosion killed at least three people and injured more than 30 others, authorities said. (Jolivel Brito/Diario Libre via AP)

Death toll rises to 11 in powerful explosion near the Dominican Republic’s capital; 10 still missing

 
Firefighters put out a fire after a powerful explosion in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, Monday, Aug 14, 2023. The Monday afternoon explosion killed at least three people and injured more than 30 others, authorities said. (Jolivel Brito/Diario Libre via AP)

A fiery explosion in a market area in the Dominican Republic kills 3 and injures dozens