FORMER ARISTIDE SECURITY CHIEF ARRESTED (?)
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NEW AFRIKAN MILLENNIUM
13 MARCH 2004
 
More attempts to degrade the government & person of President Jean Bertrand Aristide?
More u.s. corporate media manipulation of world opinion?

Two of the following articles originate from the governments of occupying forces (u.s. &
Canada) presently in Haiti. The other is from the press in Trinidad & Tobago, written
(apparently) by a u.s. -  or a u.s. friendly - correspondent. 

The one from the Trinidadian Express (interestingly enough) oozes racism from every pore
- even while stating that President Aristide was ousted with 'the footprint of (the writer's )
government planted squarely on his back.' 

One must wonder if said views are expressions of the views of AFRIKAN people in 
Trinidad & Tobago & / or what governmental agency of what government Shirley McCarthy
represents.

Someone who has the correct information should comment about these articles soon.

war without terms

m


TRINIDAD & TOBAGO EXPRESS:
HARD TO DREDGE UP SYMPATHY FOR ARISTIDE:
By Shirley McCarthy
"... Let's back up and look at Aristide. He was a loser on all counts, who came in as an
 avowed champion of the downtrodden, darker, impoverished Haitian majority, but
 quickly became corrupt...
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=18452536

THE MIAMI HERALD:
HAITI'S NEW PRIME MINISTER SWORN IN:
Criticizes Jamaica's decision to host the 'exiled' leaders return
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040313/ORIEL13/TPNational/Canada


 
FORMER ARISTIDE SECURITY CHIEF ARRESTED  
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040313/ORIEL13/TPNational/Canada

Member of deposed Haitian government suspected of war crimes, drug trafficking

By MARINA JIMENEZ
UPDATED AT 11:20 AM EST     Saturday, Mar. 13, 2004

The security chief to ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was arrested this week as he flew into Toronto's Pearson International Airport, and is being held on suspicion of war crimes and drug trafficking.

Oriel Jean, 39, flew from the Dominican Republic with his wife Bettina, 34, on Wednesday, travelling on visitor's visas obtained when they were members of Mr. Aristide's government, which fell Feb. 29.

They were carrying $10,000 in U.S. currency, but did not have any drugs or weapons.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada detained Mr. Jean on the grounds that he is a danger to the public and is suspected of committing crimes against humanity.

A detention review will be held on Monday at the Immigration and Refugee Board to determine whether Mr. Jean can be released.

"According to various sources, Mr. Jean's security force is responsible for committing crimes against humanity. Reliable information indicates that the position Mr. Jean was in made it impossible for him to plead ignorance of crimes against humanity committed by his subordinates," CIC documents note.

"According to information from various sources, Mr. Jean was part of a group of Haitian officials which trafficked internationally in drugs, a group linked to transnational criminal cartels."

CIC will argue he is inadmissible to Canada on these grounds.

Guidy Mamann, Mr. Jean's lawyer, said it appeared immigration authorities were "casually throwing around" the label of war criminal. "These are serious allegations and have not yet been proven. How come Mr. Aristide is not being charged with war crimes?" Mr. Mamann said.

After weeks of violence and a popular uprising in Haiti, Mr. Aristide went into self-imposed exile in the Central African Republic in February, but later said he was the victim of a "political kidnapping" by the U.S. military.

Mr. Aristide plans to visit Jamaica next week, leading to fears he will further destabilize his still-volatile country.

Sources told The Globe and Mail that Mr. Aristide's former security chief is wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for alleged drug trafficking, and that he may be connected to one of Haiti's most flamboyant drug traffickers, Jacques Beaudoin Ketan. "There may be charges laid against Mr. Jean," a police source said.

In February, just before Mr. Ketan was sentenced to 27 years in a Miami prison, he said he could not have thrived without paying millions in bribes to his close friend Mr. Aristide. He admitted to moving more than 30 tonnes of cocaine between Colombia and the United States over a 12-year period, and accused Mr. Aristide of being a "drug lord." Mr. Aristide denied the allegations through his lawyer, Ira Kurzban.

Mr. Jean travelled to Canada in late 2003 for medical treatment, and at the time U.S. officials asked him to be questioned for links to drug traffickers, but he was able to return to Haiti.

He is currently in Toronto's Metro West Detention Centre, while his wife is at the Celebrity Inn, an immigration holding centre in Mississauga.

 © 2004 Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved.


 





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