Alleged Haiti Coup Leader Now a Fugitive
From Times Wire Reports
Ecuador deported a suspected planner of the failed Dec. 17 Haitian coup to the Dominican Republic, where he eluded authorities trying to block his entry.
The Dominican Foreign Ministry had ordered officials to detain Guy Philippe, the former police chief of Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti, and send him back to Ecuador. But an officer failed to make the needed arrangements, said Gen. Fernando Cruz, head of the National Department of Investigations.
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