16593: Saint-Vil: Re: 16578: Dailey: The Point is the U.S. is Prosper Avril' accomplice ! (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Jean Saint-Vil <jafrikayiti@hotmail.com>

Peter Dailey Wrote:

"It is true that an attempt by the GOH in 1995 to arrest Prosper Avril was
thwarted when one of Avril's well-placed American friends tipped him off,
enabling him to take refuge in a foreign embassy. "

Actually, the text we all received on this list presents things rather
differently. It does not speak of an illusive "well-placed American friend
of Avril". It speaks of a "U.S. Embassy political officer" and several other
employees of the U.S. GOVERNMENT paid by U.S. TAX PAYERS, who were on
OFFICIAL DUTY, helping a U.S FUGITIVE get away from justice.

Here is the exact quote dealing with the 1995 event, taken from Corbettlist
message 8107 titled "Who is Prosper Avril", sent to the list by Max Blanchet
and Michèle Karshan on May 30, 2001.

"The National Police with judicial order in hand went to search Avril's
house.  President Aristide ordered the execution of the warrant but the US
Embassy intercepted his short wave radio communications to the police to
argue against executing the order for Avril's arrest. During the delay,
Avril fled taking refuge in the Colombian Embassy having been apparently
tipped off in advance.  It was established that a U.S. Embassy political
officer had gone to Avril's home just hours before the National Police were
to arrive. The U.S. official later claimed that his visit was in line with
U.S. policy to maintain "contact with a broad spectrum of Haitian society."
In the course of searching his home police did find arms and ammunition. The
irony is that at this time Avril was a fugitive of justice from the U.S.
Avril remained in the Colombian Embassy until he could slip out of the
country (he is known to have prospered in illicit drug trade and have strong
personal contacts with Colombian drug lords)."

Peter Daily wrote:

"But at some time thereafter Avril left the embassy and returned to his home
in Port-au-Prince where he lived for the next six years with no further
interference from the Haitian authorities"....

....and no effort by the U.S. authorites to arrest this SUPPOSED FUGITIVE
from U.S. Justice !!!

Peter Dailey wrote:

"It was only when he made the major mistake of criticizing President
Aristide that his subsequent troubles began, and he was hauled out of a
book-signing party and thrown in prison, where he has languished ever since,
despite several courts having ordered his release".

As far as I can tell, Avril's detention is no different than that on many
"supposed terrorists" in the U.S., Canada, and all over Europe. A crippled
Haitian justice system has probably committed all kinds of technical errors
in his file. But, the actions of the U.S. which have been quite  deliberate
in helping this exhibitionist torturer (remember how he displayed the
pictures of Evans Paul, Mesyeux, et.al. on T.V screens in Haiti) deserve the
condemnation of all those who care about justice....

Finally Peter Dailey wrote:

"Maybe some of our GOH friends on the list could explain why this is so-"as
a courtesy."

True that! But, also, perhaps some of our CIA, U.S. embassy and other
self-appointed "friends of Haiti" who also are on this list could explain
why they have defended this criminal FUGITIVE of U.S. justice all these
years. For, there just might be one or two people, including real
journalists, on this list who are interested in, and are capable of handling
THE TRUTH.

Ou kwè se bèl ou bèl Makyavèl ? - anverite ou fè m pè w!


Jafrikayiti
«Depi nan Ginen bon nèg ap ede nèg!»
http://www.i-port.net/sd-in-j/

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