Oriel Jean

Here are Oriel Jean and journalist Guyler C. Delva

Oriel Jean was prepared to testify in court against former Haitian president Aristide, whom he had knowledge of ordering the murder of broadcast journalist Jean Dominique. Before Oriel could appear in court he was assassinated following death threats against him by Aristide loyalists.

Oriel said he had knowledge Aristide ordered ex-senator Mirlande Liberus "to silence Jean Dominique". SOS Journalists have urged the authorities to make certain the murderers of Jean are brought to justice.

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Here is a picture of former Jean-Bertrand Aristide's security, Oriel Jean, who was charged on cocaine smuggling.

Oriel Jean, 39, a former security chief for the ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was arrested on charges of cocaine smuggling; he appeared in a Miami Federal Court on March 22, 2004. This arrest, in some way, supported the U.S complaints that the Aristide government was soft in narcotics trafficking. Jean was a high level officer even in the middle 1990s when the country was run by anti-Aristide military and police officers. A week before his arrest, Oriel Jean was extradited from Canada on a conspiracy charge of cocaine trafficking. He had served as the chief of presidential palace security from the beginning of 2001 until June 2003, well after U.S cancelled his visa on trafficking allegation. Different sources reveal that Jean used to charge $50,000 for each plane-load of cocaine that landed in Haiti during the period between 2000 and 2003. Furthermore, he used to collect a percentage of profit from the drug traffickers. Prosecutors were able to convict Oriel Jean, the former official closest to Aristide. It is no secret that even former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide had been under investigation for drug trafficking and money laundering.

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