They arrest a former Haitian deputy linked to gangs and who was prohibited from accessing the DR
He former deputy for Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite Victor Prophane was arrested on Sunday, as reported by the Haitian Police through social networks.
Victor Prophane was prohibited from entry into Dominican territory from April 2023, provision issued by the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, after this represents an alleged threat against the interests and institutions of the Republic.
“This arrest is linked to an investigation carried out on Magalie Habitant, arrested on January 9. The general director of the PNH, Rameau Normi“He was present at the time of the arrest,” quotes the Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste.
“It is worth remembering that the former director of the National Solid Waste Management Service (SNGRS) Magalie Resident and political figure was arrested, along with her driver, Jean Philippe Lener, on Thursday, January 9. Her residence was also searched,” says Le Nouvelliste, while noting that Habitant has been interrogated by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and the Criminal Affairs Office.
Profane Victor, former deputy for the constituency of Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite and former president of the Bouclier party, is subject to sanctions from Canada, the US Treasury and the UN Security Council for their alleged links with criminal groups. The leader of the Odma gang, Now deceased, he accused the former deputy of having provided him with weapons to influence the result of the legislative elections in his constituency in 2016.
Also armed young men almost a decade ago in order to secure the election and control the area. This led to the creation of the Great Grif gang, which controls Savien, Pont-Sondé and other places in the Artibonite region, according to the UN.
Last December the band he supposedly sponsors was accused of murder at least 20 people while they were sleeping.
The Great Griff gang She was also the author of the massacre at the beginning of last October of some 115 people in the town of Pont Sondé, about 100 kilometers from the capital.
