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Haiti Supreme Court Judge Linked to Coup Plot Released from Detention

Sandra Lemaire

   WASHINGTON / PORT-AU-PRINCE - Supreme Court Justice Yvickel Dabresil
   was released from detention Thursday, a day after a civilian court in
   the Port-au-Prince suburb of Croix des Bouquets ordered his release.

   Lawyer Wilner Morin, president of the National Association of Haitian
   Judges (ANAMAH), told VOA that there were no conditions imposed on the
   justice's release, and that Dabresil was back home with his family.

   Dabresil was arrested early Sunday during a sting operation regarding
   an alleged coup attempt that was launched by the national police in
   conjunction with the National Intelligence Agency.

   VOA Creole reporter Renan Toussaint said 20 others who were arrested
   with the judge are still in police custody.

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