UN accused of hiding evidence in murder of priest in Haiti

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Haiti Information Project (HIP) - The United Nations has been sitting on evidence that implicates a powerful Haitian senator in the assassination of a popular priest in 1994. The only known video testimony of an eyewitness to the brutal killing of Father Jean-Marie Vincent was recorded by a UN official in 2005 and has not seen the light of day since.

HIP recently received a copy of the video in an anonymous package that included a note stating, â€"The UN has no interest in pursuing this case or revealing this evidence despite the statements of this eyewitness that Youri Latortue was the triggerman that shot and killed Father Jean-Marie Vincent on August 28, 1994.” The note concluded, â€"It is a travesty of justice that the UN has been withholding this testimony from the public.

They are supposed to be impartial but Latortue has powerful friends in the US Embassy who view him as an asset since his role following the ouster of Aristide in 2004

FULL ARTICLE with VIDEO: bit.ly/dgYzbS

Hip, October 16 2010, 10:10 PM

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