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Haiti Requests Extradition of Coup Leaders from Panama, Honduras and U.S.

HeadlineMar 03, 1998

Haiti has asked Panama, Honduras and the United States to extradite 10 leaders of a 1991 military coup wanted on charges of murder and torture, this according to Haitian Foreign Affairs Ministry officials. The requests were made two weeks ago under warrants issued in December. They accuse the former military junta leader Lieutenant General Raoul Cédras, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph-Michel François and General Philippe Biamby and seven others of masterminding murder, torture and illegal arrest during their three years in power. They governed from the time Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in '91 until he was returned to power in 1994. The extradition requests were for prosecutions related to the April 1994 massacre of about 25 civilians in Gonaïves. General Cédras is living in Panama. François is in Honduras. Biamby is in Miami. Tune in tomorrow to Democracy Now!, when we'll interview former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

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