Authorities in Haiti hold former rebel leader Guy Philippe after the US repatriated him

Published December 1, 2023 1:23 PM

By EVENS SANON
Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An attorney for former Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe says he is being held by Haitian authorities at a police station a day after the U.S. repatriated him to Haiti. Jean Joseph Louicher says Philippe has not been charged and no hearing has been held. Police officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media say that Philippe has an outstanding warrant from a 2016 fatal attack on a police station in the southern coastal city of Les Cayes. Philippe is a convicted money launderer who played a key role in the 2004 rebellion against former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and also was accused of masterminding attacks on police stations.

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