Context of 'Early 1990s: Haitian Trained by US'

Haitian Guy Philippe is trained by US Special Forces in Ecuador. [Human Rights Watch, 2/27/2004; Miami Herald, 2/28/2004; Observer, 3/2/2004; One World, 3/2/2004]

Guy Philippe joins the new Haitian National Police and is posted at Ouanamithe near Haiti’s northern border with the Dominican Republic. [Human Rights Watch, 2/27/2004; Miami Herald, 2/28/2004]

Guy Philippe serves as police chief in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Delmas. According to Human Rights Watch, “dozens of suspected gang members… [are] summarily executed, mainly by police under the command of Inspector Berthony Bazile, Philippe’s deputy.” Philippe will later deny the allegation in an interview with the Miami Herald. [Human Rights Watch, 2/27/2004; Miami Herald, 2/28/2004]

The prime minister of Haiti says that Guy Philippe and others are planning to overthrow the Aristide government. Philippe and the other plotters flee across the Dominican border before they can be arrested. [Human Rights Watch, 2/27/2004; Miami Herald, 2/28/2004]