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Americans arrested in Haiti with arsenal of guns won't face U.S. charges
Earlier in LBN: Group of American vets detained in Haiti on weapons charges brought back to US, arrested upon landin
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Source: Miami Herald
Americans arrested in Haiti with arsenal of guns won’t face U.S. charges
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES, DAVID OVALLE, AND JAY WEAVER
FEBRUARY 21, 2019 04:06 PM, UPDATED FEBRUARY 21, 2019 07:17 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The five heavily armed Americans arrested in Haiti earlier this week are back on their home soil and won’t be facing any criminal charges in the United States — a decision already causing outrage among some Haitian leaders.
Federal sources told the Miami Herald that the men will not be charged criminally, but are being debriefed. They told U.S. authorities they were on the island providing private security for a “businessman” doing work with the Haitian government.
The five American citizens, who returned on a commercial flight to Miami on Wednesday night and were met by U.S. law enforcement, did not have any scheduled appearances in Miami federal court.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office referred calls to the State Department, which said only: “The return of the individuals to the U.S. was coordinated with the Haitian authorities.”
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BY JACQUELINE CHARLES, DAVID OVALLE, AND JAY WEAVER
FEBRUARY 21, 2019 04:06 PM, UPDATED FEBRUARY 21, 2019 07:17 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The five heavily armed Americans arrested in Haiti earlier this week are back on their home soil and won’t be facing any criminal charges in the United States — a decision already causing outrage among some Haitian leaders.
Federal sources told the Miami Herald that the men will not be charged criminally, but are being debriefed. They told U.S. authorities they were on the island providing private security for a “businessman” doing work with the Haitian government.
The five American citizens, who returned on a commercial flight to Miami on Wednesday night and were met by U.S. law enforcement, did not have any scheduled appearances in Miami federal court.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office referred calls to the State Department, which said only: “The return of the individuals to the U.S. was coordinated with the Haitian authorities.”
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Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article226572869.html
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