Former policeman accused of killing Spanish reporter arrested in Haiti

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www.chinaview.cn 2004-03-30 08:03:49

HAVANA, March 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Haitian authorities detained Jean Michel Gaspard, the former police official blamed on the deaths of Spanish reporter Ricardo Ortega of Antena 3 Television and five demonstrators, reports reaching here from Haitian capital Port-au-Prince said Monday.

Gaspard's arrest was conducted on Sunday, reports from local Metropole Radio stated.

The death of Ortega and five demonstrators protesting the ouster of former President Jean Bertrand Aristide took place last March 7 during a march that was being covered by the Spanish reporter, who was fatally wounded by two shots.

Ortega, 37, was shot in the stomach along with South Florida Sun-Sentinel photographer Michael Laughlin, 37, who was shot in the shoulder and face. Both were taken to a hospital where Ortega died.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-03/30/content_1390679.htm



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.



Medical workers attend to television journalist Ricardo Ortega at the Canapevert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 7, 2004. (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)



Workers at the Canapevert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, carry the body of Spanish correspondent Ricardo Ortega of Antena 3 of Spain after he was shot to death.

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1. Senior Haitian officer is arrested

Posted on Tue, Mar. 30, 2004

Senior Haitian officer is arrested

A police inspector has been arrested in Haiti's capital on suspicion of involvement in a deadly gun attack on anti-Aristide demonstrators this month.


CRISIS IN HAITI

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- (AP) -- Authorities have detained a senior police officer suspected in an armed attack on protesters that killed seven people, including a Spanish journalist, a human rights group said Monday.

Police Inspector Jean Michel Gaspard was held on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, but no charges have been filed, pending an investigation, Pierre Esperance, director of the Coalition for Haitian Rights, told The Associated Press.


Authorities believe Gaspard took part in the March 7 shooting attack on thousands of protesters demanding the prosecution of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Esperance said.

Among seven people killed was television correspondent Ricardo Ortega of Spain's Antena 3 network.

Ortega, 37, was shot in the stomach. Photographer Michael Laughlin, 37, of the Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauderdale, was shot in the shoulder and face. Both were taken to a hospital, where Ortega died.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/haiti/8308368.htm

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2. Are we shocked? NOT!

All those poor people including the journalist! No one will stand against this cabal and this country to stop the madness :cry: