Jury finds former Haitian colonel liable in massacre (Dorelien)

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Published Friday, February 23, 2007

The Associated Press
MIAMI

A federal jury found a former Haitian Army colonel liable Friday for killing a man and torturing another and ordered him to pay $4.3 million.

Carl Dorelien served a year in prison in Haiti after a U.S. immigration judge found him to be a human rights violator and had him deported in 2003. He was also found liable Friday of arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity.

The Center for Justice & Accountability filed the lawsuit against Dorelien before he was deported in 2003, alleging he is liable for the 1994 murder of Michel Pierre and the torture in 1993 of Lexiuste Cajuste, a former labor leader. Federal statues allows such cases to continue if the defendant is in the U.S. when they are filed ...

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