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Bhí dosaen seicphointe á rialú go díreach ag Yekatom a raibh deichniúr fear armtha mílíste mar fhoireann orthu, ar an meán, fir a raibh éide airm á gcaitheamh acu agus airm á n-iompar acu, lena n‐áirítear raidhfilí ionsaithe míleata, ón bpríomhdhroichead idir Bimbo agus Bangui go Mbaïki (cúige Lobaye), agus ó Pissa go Batalimo (taobh leis an teorainn le Poblacht an Chongó), ag bailiú cánacha neamhúdaraithe ó fheithiclí agus ó ghluaisrothair phríobháideacha, ó veaineanna paisinéirí agus ó leoraithe a bhíodh ag onnmhairiú acmhainní foraoiseachta go Camarún agus Sead, agus ó bháid a bhíodh ag loingsiú ar abhainn an Oubangui.
Yekatom has been in direct control of a dozen checkpoints manned by an average of ten armed militia men wearing army uniforms and carrying weapons, including military assault rifles, from the main bridge between Bimbo and Bangui to Mbaïki (Lobaye province), and from Pissa to Batalimo (next to the border with the Republic of Congo), collecting unauthorized taxes from private vehicles and motorcycles, passenger vans and trucks exporting forestry resources to Cameroon and Chad, but also from boats navigating on the Oubangui river.