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U.S. charges ex-Haiti coup leader with drug trafficking conspiracy
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Fri Jan 6, 2017 | 5:28pm EST
U.S. charges ex-Haiti coup leader with drug trafficking conspiracy
By Jonathan Stempel
The leader of a 2004 coup that toppled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and who had been wanted for more than a decade by U.S. authorities, was charged on Friday in the United States with engaging in drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies.
Guy Philippe, 48, faces a three-count indictment including conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, conspiring to launder money, and engaging in monetary transactions stemming from unlawful activity, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Philippe was ordered held without bond at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Garber in Miami, the Justice Department said.
The hearing came one day after Philippe was arrested in Haiti and extradited to the United States.
An arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 13. The indictment dates from November 2005, and was made public on Friday.
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U.S. charges ex-Haiti coup leader with drug trafficking conspiracy
By Jonathan Stempel
The leader of a 2004 coup that toppled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and who had been wanted for more than a decade by U.S. authorities, was charged on Friday in the United States with engaging in drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies.
Guy Philippe, 48, faces a three-count indictment including conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, conspiring to launder money, and engaging in monetary transactions stemming from unlawful activity, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Philippe was ordered held without bond at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Garber in Miami, the Justice Department said.
The hearing came one day after Philippe was arrested in Haiti and extradited to the United States.
An arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 13. The indictment dates from November 2005, and was made public on Friday.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-haiti-philippe-idUSKBN14Q2GN
