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Haitilibre.com
April 20, 2018
Tuesday, the Senate rejected the request for financial assistance from the former senator-elect of Grand'Anse Guy Philippe, who was arrested in January 2017 http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19720-haiti-flash-arrest-of-senator-guy-philippe.html then extradited to the United States in controversialÃâà...
Jamaica Observer
April 9, 2018
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Former police commissioner Guy Philippe, who was convicted in a United States court last year on charges that he accepted bribes to protect cocaine smugglers who used Haiti to ship drugs to the United States, is challenging his conviction. His plea agreement last yearÃâà...
Haitilibre.com
April 8, 2018
The facts: Senator-elect Guy Philippe (Grande Anse), former police commissioner and leader of an armed rebellion that led to the overthrow of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February 2004 was arrested http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19720-haiti-flash-arrest-of-senator-guy-philippe.html andÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
March 13, 2018
Guy Philippe, elected senator (or selected as senator for others) but couldn't take the oath because he was arrested by Haitian police and DEA agents. He was quickly transferred to the United States and soon pronounced guilty of money laundering drug monies. He is now serving a 9-year jail sentence inÃâà...
Reliefweb
February 22, 2018
The transition period has seen some turbulence, including protests related to the arrest of Senator-elect Guy Philippe in Grand'Anse, and continued protests over the publication of the National budget in October-November 2017. The UN mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) came to an end and was replaced inÃâà...
BBC News
June 22, 2017
The leader of a 2004 coup in Haiti that toppled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has been jailed for nine years in the United States for conspiracy to launder drug money. Guy Philippe, 49, had pleaded guilty. He was arrested earlier this year in Haiti after taking part in a live radio show and extradited toÃâà...
Miami Herald
June 21, 2017
Guy Philippe, a former police commander who eluded capture in Haiti for more than a decade even as he won a seat in the Haitian Senate, was sentenced to nine years in prison in Miami federal court Wednesday for accepting bribes to protect cocaine smugglers who used the island to ship drugs to theÃâà...
Miami Herald
April 24, 2017
Guy Philippe, an elected Haitian senator and former police commander who eluded capture in Haiti for more than a decade, pleaded guilty Monday in Miami federal court to a drug-related, money-laundering conspiracy charge that could send him to prison for at least nine years. Philippe, arrested inÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 24, 2017
A Miami federal judge has rejected a motion to throw out a drug-trafficking indictment against Guy Philippe, a prominent public figure in Haiti who was arrested on the island by U.S. agents on Jan. 5, just days before he was going to be sworn in as a senator. U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga faultedÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 16, 2017
Just months after a U.S. grand jury indicted ex-Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe on drug-trafficking charges, federal authorities attempted to trick him into accepting travel documents that would bring him to South Florida — and into the arms of the law. But Philippe, a roguish former Haiti National PoliceÃâà...
teleSUR English
March 16, 2017
The paramilitary says that he has damning information about Washington's role in the 2004 coup that he helped lead against Haitian President Aristide. "What goes around, comes around,” says the proverb, and former Haitian “rebel” leader Guy Philippe must be pondering this karmic truth as he languishesÃâà...
BBC News
January 13, 2017
A Haitian former coup leader, Guy Philippe, has pleaded not guilty in a US court to drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Mr Philippe, 48, was arrested after appearing as a guest on a radio programme in Port-au-Prince last week. He was flown to the US to face the long-standing charges. DozensÃâà...
BBC News
January 5, 2017
A former Haitian rebel leader turned politician has been arrested after taking part in a radio show. Guy Philippe, a former soldier, was the rebel leader of the 2004 Haitian rebellion, and was recently elected a Senator. He was appearing on a radio programme in the capital, Port au Prince, before beingÃâà...
