Former Haitian police chief and four others suspected of plotting against their government were detained in the neighboring Dominican Republic, authorities said Wednesday. Dominican soldiers arrested Guy Philippe, former police chief in the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien, and the others Tuesday in the border town of Dajabon, said Gen. Fernando Cruz of the national investigative department. “These people are being investigated because of allegations that they are trying to reach Haiti with the aim of conspiring” against the government, Cruz said. Edwin Paraison, Haiti’s consul general, said they were caught “in a meeting to seek sympathizers for their cause, which is to achieve power through non-legitimate means.” The five had not been charged. He did not say if Haiti would seek their extradition. Full Story
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