Ex-Death Squad Leader Acquitted of Murder
From Times Wire Reports
Former Haitian death squad leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain, a leader of rebels who forced President Jean-Bertrand Aristide out of power in February, was cleared of murder charges after a brief retrial in Port-au-Prince.
The United States said it was “deeply concerned” over the acquittal of Chamblain and former police official Jackson Joannis in the 1993 killing of democracy activist Antoine Izmery.
The two had been convicted in absentia but were eligible for retrial upon their return.
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