Haiti - FLASH : Rebound in the case of Guy Philippe
While the trial in the United States of elected Senator Guy Philippe is scheduled for 1 May and he had decided to plead not guilty on 13 January 2017 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19796-haiti-flash-guy-philippe-pleads-not-guilty.html , his lawyers, following an agreement with the prosecutor decided to change their plea and plead guilty. The plea change hearing will take place on Monday, April 24, at the Miami Federal Court, front of the judge Cecilia Altonaga.
Let us recall that Guy Philippe in charged with : drug trafficking; Money laundering and financial transaction from the importation of illegal substances into the United States, risked life imprisonment for all three counts.
By pleading guilty in an agreement with the prosecutor in exchange for his collaboration, Guy Phlippe will receive a less severe penalty in case of conviction. However, it is not known on which of the 3 counts he will plead guilty, nor to what level Guy Phlippe is willing to collaborate with the US Justice. The only thing certain is that Guy Philippe holds sufficiently serious information for the American authorities accept this agreement.
