Esperance today said that the man, Yvon Antoine, was detained on Monday but had not been formally charged.
He said Antoine also was being held on suspicion of involvement in March 7 attacks on an anti-Aristide protest in which seven people were killed, including a Spanish journalist.
Police did not return repeated calls seeking comment.
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,9092153%255E1702,00.htmlWorkers at the Canapevert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, carry the body of Spanish carrespondent Ricardo Ortega of Antena 3 of Spain (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
The bodies of three other people, including Spanish correspondent Ricardo Ortega, for Antena 3 of Spain, lie in a makeshift morgue in the Canapevert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 7, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
Medical workers attend to television journalist Ricardo Ortega at the Canapevert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 7, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
37 year old Ricardo Ortega, a veteran reporter for the Spanish television station Antena 3, seen in this undated tv image, was shot and later died while covering the conflict in Haiti, Sunday March 7, 2004. Gunmen opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters demanding that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for alleged corruption and killings by his armed militants. At least 5 people including Ortega were reported to have been killed. (AP Photo/EFE)