Aristide aide held in Toronto (Oriel Jean)

[eablair3]

Aristide aide held in Toronto

TOM GODFREY, Special to The Free Press 2004-03-12 03:23:15

TORONTO -- The right-hand man and security chief for exiled Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is in a Toronto holding cell on suspicion of committing war crimes. Oriel Jean was intercepted Wednesday night at Pearson airport after getting off a flight from the Dominican Republic, police and security officials said yesterday.

Police said Jean, travelling with his wife, was carrying $17,00O cash and had a cheque for about $300,000 when detained. His wife was later released.

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Police said Jean was interviewed for hours by the RCMP and CSIS and was detained on suspicion of crimes against humanity stemming from Aristide's flight from Haiti last month

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/03/12/378964.html
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any body have any info on this guy? Oriel Jean?

I wonder how Canada lets convicted terrorists into the country but now seems to arrest someone with connections to Aristide? Maybe he should be arrested? maybe not? I don't know anything about this guy. But, "crimes against humanity stemming from Aristide's flight from Haiti last month"?? What kind of crimes are those?

[rman]

1. hey maybe they can arrest Aristide to? for causing a humanitarian crisis..

..by "fleeing" from Haiti?

really, this is beyond spin.

[struggle4progress]

2. Rightwing spooks in Canada ...