Crime

Victims of Enforced Disappearances are often people who are arrested, detained or abducted against their will.

The International human rights law defines an "enforced disappearance" as--"when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law." But the common people understand that in a simple way: People literally disappear, from their loved ones and their community, when state officials grab them from the street or from their homes and then deny it. It is a crime under international law. In recent years there have also been an alarming number of acts by non-state actors, including armed extremist and terrorist groups. Victims of enforced disappearances are deprived of their liberty, and seldom released alive. The United Nations (UN), Amnesty International and some other human rights organizations observe the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30 each year.

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Here is a picture of Michel Stéphane Bruno who was assassinated in his car at Puits Blain 17.

Michel Stéphane Bruno (born May 8, 1974; assassinated June 15, 2016) was a Haitian consultant in Information Systems. He was passionate about technology and the knowledge economy-- a system of consumption and production that is based on intellectual capital. Over a decade, Bruno, a humble and modest genius had worked in the field of technology at national, regional and global level. With a diverse background, he had worked on applying ICT solutions (information and communications technology) to business, e-Governance, mobile technologies, e-business and m-commerce. His ultimate goal was to establish a vibrant, solutions-oriented IT environment which would create jobs and opportunities and help the emergence of a new class of entrepreneurs rooted in innovation. On Wednesday, between 8:00 and 8:30 am, he was shot dead by two motorcycle borne assailants at Puits Blain 17. When the bandits fired, he tried to flee with his Jeep Land Cruiser but received a single bullet and lost the control of his vehicle that collided with a wall. With him, Haiti has lost a visionary and creative genius, an amazing human being.

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Here is a picture of three of the 6 Haitian teenagers accused of raping a 16 year old girl in a vacant home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

As per the news report dated June 17, 2016, five teens were arrested of raping a 16-year-old girl at a vacant Fort Lauderdale home. Police are searching for three more accomplices. According to a Fort Lauderdale police report, the girl met her boyfriend, James Dorelus, around noon May 4 at the abandoned house. A little later, the girl got suspicious and tried to leave the house when several of her boyfriend's friends arrived at the house. However, the boys grabbed her and molested in a bathroom; she was held against her will and forced to engage in sexual acts with the eight suspects. A portion of the act was video recorded. When the boys left, they took the girl's cell phone, $20 cash, a $10 Wal-Mart gift card, her pants and underwear. Police arrested Dorelus, as well as Stervenson Isma, 16, Amazan Robensky, 17, Woolvens Bazile, 18, and Olbry Pierre.

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Here is a picture of Magda Desrameaux Richard assassinated in Delmas 19 as she was picking up her children from a beauty salon.

On Friday night July 22, 2016, in Delmas 19, Ms. Magda Desrameaux Richard was assassinated by an unknown gunman while she was picking up her children from a beauty salon. She was the cousin of the deputy of the town of Tabarre, Mr. Caleb Desrameaux. Magda's father, Max Gasto Desrameaux, is an engineer and the former president of the "Alliance Francaise" of port-de-Paix. Magda Desrameaux Richard, the mother of two children, was born in Port-de-Paix, attended the College Notre Dame de Lourdes and was very popular among young people of her generation. So far no arrest has been reported and the motive of the crime is still unknown. Magdala Desrameaux is the wife of Richard Blind and the niece of former Agriculture Minister Hébert Docteur. According to some sources, the bandits managed to leave the spot with victim's vehicle Toyota Hilux, IMM: AAO3310, which was later found abandoned at Bi Delta in Delmas 31, Okay City.

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Here are the FIFA officials involved stealing $750,000 meant for Haiti earthquake. Jack Warner, Jeffrey Webb, Alfredo Hawit and Juan Angel Napout.

Jack Warner, a former FIFA Executive Committee member, and President of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation in 2011, and his successor Jeffrey Webb from Cayman Islands, have been accused of misappropriating money amounting around £500,000 ($750,000) intended to help the 2010 Haiti earthquake victims. Jack Warner is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman. Jack Warner and Jeffrey Webb have committed many and various acts of misconduct repeatedly and have pleaded guilty to seven charges. As per US attorney general Loretta Lynch, their extent of betrayal is truly outrageous. Jeffrey Webb was arrested in last May, but he is out on bail. On May 27th, Jack Warner also surrendered himself to police in his native Trinidad, but after spending a night in custody, was later released on bail. Two more FIFA officials, Alfredo Hawit (Honduras) and Juan Angel Napout (Paraguay), were arrested on December 3, 2015, in a widening bribery case during a pre-dawn raid at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich on suspicion "of accepting bribes of millions of dollars". This was the second raid in this downtown Zurich hotel after May 27, 2015, that sparked the FIFA corruption crisis.

As per news sources, the US Justice Department has filed charges on bribes and kickbacks against 16 FIFA officials amounting £130 million ($200 million) following an investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI). Danny Jordaan, the Mayor of Port Elizabeth, as well as president of the South African Football Association, once admitted of paying $10 million to a football body led by Jack Warner in 2008 for hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA has officially confirmed the allegation that Warner, who is presently fighting extradition from Trinidad to the USA, has diverted a fund of $750,000 provided by FIFA and the Korean Football Association intended for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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Raymond Vincent, a 41-year-old youth pastor at a Pompano church, was arrested by U.S. Marshalls in Haiti after impregnating a 10-year-old girl and fleeing to Haiti.

Raymond Vincent is a 46-year old Pastor from South Florida. On July 1, 2016, he was arrested from his hideout in the northern coastal town of Au Borgne by the federal agents, in a joint operation with the Haitian National Police and was booked at the Broward County Jail. The Pastor has been arrested in charges with sexual battery on a 10-year old girl with lewd and lascivious conduct. The detectives were informed about Pastor Vincent's crime with the girl much earlier on February 13, 2016 by the Broward Health Medical Center. Because the girl was brought in there to receive medical attention for stomach pain and found to be pregnant. The girl had reported the police in person, sometime in December or early January, how Vincent raped her while she was asleep on a couch. As per police record, Raymond Vincent is not new to this crime. He was arrested once before in 2012 by the Fort Lauderdale police for preying on another underage girl whom he lured to his home with the promise of food, and then groped her.

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Here is a picture of Jean Michel Hilaire, Head of gang "Haute tension" who was arrested in Petit-Goâve.

On Monday, May 2, 2016, Jean Michel Hilaire, the head of the dreaded gang "High Voltage" was arrested along with a dozen of his gang members by Jacques Ader, the Commissioner police of Petit-Goâve. Jean Michel was accused of many crimes and misdemeanors and was on the run for last 8 months. The gang was involved in acts of vandalism, armed robbery, rape and blocking the National road # 2. The gang was based in the 11th communal section of Petit-Goâve. The arrest operation was carried smoothly. The Commissioner with another police officer disguised themselves as doctors and approached the criminal without arousing suspicion and arrested him peacefully without any violence. Jean Michel Hilaire was presented to the police station of Petit-Goâve on Monday and he willfully agreed to cooperate with the police by denouncing his other gang members. Some of his gang members were arrested in last March. The population of Petit-Goâve was pleased with his arrest.

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Here is a picture of gang leaders Sonson La Familia and Renel Lerécif.

Woodly Ethéard alias Sonson Lafamilia and his accomplice Renel Lecref, are two criminal leaders of the Galil gang. They were involved in innumerous cases of money laundering, murder, drug trafficking, kidnapping, false imprisonment against claims of ransom, and many other criminal conspiracies. They two jointly worth an unaccounted annual valuation of $44 million. These two criminals were booked and arrested several times, but every time, they were released with questionable legal orders. The Galil gang has 15 cases of kidnapping and forcible confinement to its credit and collected US$ 1,489,500 as per court records. In a six-year period, the gang abducted 17 people. Woodly Ethéard is a former music promoter and a friend of former president Michel Martelly.

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Here is a picture of the three buildings that have been hit with gunshots. They are Natcom, Marriot and Digicel buildings hit by 13 gunshots

The insecurity continues to show its head in Haiti and nothing or no one can feel secure in this country. We have pictures to demonstrate that some of the biggest businesses in the country have now been targeted.

Natcom, Marriot and Digicel buildings are now the lats victims of the unsecurity as it was confirmed that these three building were have been hit with bullets. A total of 13 bullet holes have been documented; some of which shattered windows of the buildings

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This is a picture of the actual President of the CEP, Josue Pierre Louis. He is involved in a fight for his life as he was accused for raping and physically abusing a woman who was working for him.

Marie-love de son nom fictif is the name of the victim and she agreed to explain the issue to the press as to how she became the victim of rape by the former Justice minister of Haiti, Josue Pierre Louis

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