Crime
Americans Helping Ex-Soldiers Jailed for Conspiracy
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- Created on Sunday, 20 May 2012 18:45
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Two Americans are in jail in Haiti for what authorities charge as conspiracy to destabilize the government. The two men gave rides to some of the former soldiers who participated in a march in the capital on Friday.
U.S. Customs Bust Cocaine Smuggler Traveling from Haiti
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- Created on Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:44
NEW YORK, USA (defend.ht/NY Post) - Customs officers at JFK International Airport busted a drug smuggler traveling from Haiti who packed cocaine inside sticks of deodorant, ink markers and hundreds of buttons.
Haiti-Police-Murder: Strike and burning barricades in Port-au-Prince
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- Created on Monday, 23 April 2012 18:00
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- The traffic was almost blocked early in the morning of Monday, April 23, 2012, on National Road No. 2, through the municipality of Carrefour, south. At Delmas, north, in the afternoon, burning barricades were placed at several locations to protest against policeman murder last week.
Haiti: Demonstrators protest against policeman murder
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- Created on Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:51
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- The traffic was blocked on Thursday on a portion of the road from Carrefour, a southern suburb of Port-au-Prince, by demonstrators protesting against the killing on Tuesday of the policeman Walky Calixte, a resident of the area.
Haiti-insecurity: A policeman killed, his fellow threaten to go on strike
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- Created on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 17:38
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- A policeman's traffic service named Calixte Walky was shot Tuesday by unidentified gunmen. This assassination provoked the wrath of his colleagues who threaten to go on strike.
A Vodou Priest Arrested for Pedophilia and Illegal Detention
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- Created on Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:47
JACMEL, Haiti (defend.ht) - Police in Jacmel (South-east of Haiti) arrested on April 3 the voodoo priest Rodolph Jean Louis. This man has been charged with rape, pedophilia and sequestration by three young boys of nine years on average.
Haiti: Municipal Officials Arrested for Hitting Woman
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- Created on Friday, 06 April 2012 11:11
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Petion-ville municipal officials were arrested on Thursday for hitting a woman severely while trying to maintain order in one of the markets.
Murder of Renowned Haitian-American Artist Burton Chenet
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- Created on Friday, 23 March 2012 08:55
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Haiti and the art world are saddened by the murder of well-renowned artist Burton Chenet on Tuesday at his home in Port-au-Prince.
Haiti: 7 Shot Dead in Port-au-Prince Thursday Night
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- Created on Saturday, 17 March 2012 12:54
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Seven people were murdered on Thursday night in the capital district of Tabarre and in a slum in the Bicentenaire, according to the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH).
Haiti: Five Family Members of Activist Leader Murdered
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- Created on Friday, 16 March 2012 14:25
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Five family members of Réginald Antoine were murdered on the morning of Tuesday morning. Antoine and Charles Fritz-Gérald were leaders of an organization of former state employees that have been pressuring the Martelly administration for financial compensation.
Haitian-Dominican Students, One Killed, Another Wounded in University Shooting in Santo Domingo
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- Created on Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:30
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - A Haitian national was killed Monday on the campus of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, while a young student of Haitian origin was injured, reports the Dominican newspaper, Listin Diario.
Haiti: Nine Gunmen on Motorcycles Murder Police Officer, Injure Others
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- Created on Monday, 12 March 2012 18:40
PORT-DE-PAIX, Haiti (defend.ht) - A squad of nine gunmen on motorcycles opened fire Monday morning on a police patrol killing one police officer, in a serious incident which occurred near the bus station in Port-de-Paix, boulevard La Saline, at the entrance to the wharf Jeremie (north of Port-au-Prince).
Haiti: Our Lady in Petit Goave Desecrated by Vandals
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- Created on Sunday, 11 March 2012 13:36
PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On the night of March 9 to 10, vandals, unidentified, have stained with mud the altar of Catholic Church “Notre-Dame de Petit-Goave” in western Haiti. They defiled all the symbols: the crucifix, the table and the image of the Virgin Mary.
Haiti: Lavalas Militant Samba Boukman Shot Dead
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- Created on Friday, 09 March 2012 15:54
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - A Lavalas militant and former presidential representative of the Commission for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (CNDDR) under Rene Preval, Samba Boukman, was shot dead in the afternoon of Friday, March 9, 2012 in Delmas 95, by unknown gunmen.
Haiti: Former Bank Governor Venel Joseph Murdered
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- Created on Wednesday, 07 March 2012 17:46
MUSSEAU, Haiti (defend.ht) - The former governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (2001-2004), Venel Joseph, was murdered on Tuesday night, dying in a hospital in Port-au-Prince shortly after an attack as he was returning to his home in Musseau (east of the capital).
Haiti: Radio Boukman, Cite Soleil, Director Murdered
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- Created on Tuesday, 06 March 2012 08:30
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Director of Radio Boukman (95.9 MHz FM) in Cite Soleil, Jean Liphète Nelson, 38, was murdered on Monday at a hospital after being shot and wounded by unknown gunmen who intercepted his vehicle in the neighborhood of Bois Neuf.
Haiti: Fire at Market Tabarre, Six Suspects Arrested
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- Created on Wednesday, 29 February 2012 10:00
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Government Commissioner of the town of Croix-des-Bouquets announced the arrest of at least six persons for their alleged participation in setting ablaze the Public Market of Tabarre.
Haiti: Another Marketplace Burned Down
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- Created on Monday, 27 February 2012 15:15
TABARRE, Haiti (defend.ht)- After markets "Tet Bef" in 2005 and "Hippolyte" in May 2008, it was the turn of the market in Tabarre (northern Port-au-Prince) to burn down on the night of February 24 to 25, 2012. The marketplace fire was "criminal” according to police that arrested six people in connection with investigation.
Haiti: Gunmen Attack Home of Don Kato's Mother
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- Created on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 12:55
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The private residence of the mother of Antonio “Don Kato” Cheramy, lead vocalist of ‘Brothers Posse’ came under gunfire Sunday by five individuals mounted aboard motorcycles.
Haiti: Pre-Carnival, Deaths and Injuries
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- Created on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 21:02
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Four people, including a gunshot, and 23 wounded were counted on the third Sunday pre-carnival, said Monday the deputy spokesman of the National Police, Garry Desrosiers.
