The ten U.S. citizens suspected of abducting thirty young Haitians are referred to the prosecution of Port-au-Prince today who must decide to eventual prosecution, said Jesse J. Pierre-Louis, in charge of the case.
“I made the preliminary information and have referred the case to the prosecution,” said Justice of Peace in Delmas (central district of Port-au-Prince). “What the prosecution will now decide on further action in this matter”, that is to say or not to prosecute the suspects, he said adding that this procedure would take place today.
The hearings are to start around 10:00 local and open to the public, said the prosecutor of Port-au-Prince Mazar fortifications, told reporters in the Directorate of Judicial Police (DCPJ), where suspects are held.
The ten U.S. citizens, Baptists members of a charity called “The Sanctuary for a new life for children, based in Idaho (north-western United States), were arrested Friday near the Dominican border, along with 33 children from 2 months to 14 years.
The judge “has finished drafting the minutes of the preliminary information and the file will now be forwarded to the prosecution, on Wednesday confirmed Edwin Cock, Haitian lawyer, suspects.
“It is the Government Commissioner (attorney, editor’s note) who will decide whether the case will be sent before a judge or whether they will close the case,” he added, the DCPJ.
The prosecutor of Port-au-Prince fortifications Mazar said Monday that a prosecution for “child trafficking, kidnapping and conspiracy” were considered, confirmed Wednesday what Mr. Pierre-Louis.
Haiti is currently overwhelmed with a constellation of problems. This case deflects attention from important problem in Haiti.
It is a total waste of time and resources to keep them in Haitian jail. They should be transferred to United Nations custody and let the U.N. and the Interpol handling this matter.