Gran
Ravine Massacre by Lame Timanchet on July 7, 2006
Translation of excerpts of a July 12, 2006 Radio Levekampe
Broadcast (Masner Beauplan show) from Kreyol original into English
by Frantz Jerome, Ezili Danto Witness
Project, July 12, 2006
(Another
Gran Ravin massacre - Listen to original Kreyol audio)
START OF REPORT:
HLLN's
Haiti Correspondent:".... Very quickly let's move
on to another important news story. Gran Ravin.
How is the story developing? Is it a purely political act?
Well, it is clear that political hands are pulling strings. Nonetheless,
was it at the beginning a settlement of personal business? It
is clear that political, business and private sector people have
manipulated the situation... [inaudible]
But at the beginning, when the situation started to deteriorate,
it was a settlement of scores between people in Gran Ravin, Ti
Bwa and Matisan and Lame Ti Manchèt led by Rudy. Rudy's
wife having lost her life, Rudy became enraged.
As leader of Lame Timanchèt, Rudy gathered his team and
moved on Gran
Ravin, wreaking havoc. Up to now, bodies are still being discovered.
According to MINUSTHA authorities, yesterday many more bodies
were
uncovered. According to Edmond Mulet (Special Representative of
the UN Secretary-General to Haiti,) these dishonorable acts are
condemned.
Mr. Mulet
continued by saying that the government, the police and MINUSTHA
had an important role to play in curbing such acts. The United
Nations, MINUSTHA announced that as many as 20 people, many of
them being children had lost their lives... [inaudible] How they
can play an important role and yesterday again they started to
uncover more bodies."
Recorded
Field Inteview:
Community Witness: Yesterday
we found a house out of which the stench
was beginning to rise. Upon opening the house we found three more
bodies. From thirty-five, it went to thirty-eight.
Even the thirty-eight number we know is inaccurate since we know
someone who lost his mother and on his way to get a tap-tap to
inform relatives in his hometown, the Lame Timanchèt thugs
murdered him as well, in Matisan, they cut him up.
And the Lame Timanchèt members are on the prowl, since
fear has the area deserted, for no one is protecting life in the
area. The government has done nothing to arrest the bandits.
Haiti Correspondent: Who are the bandits?
Community Witness:
We know some of them.
Jeanjean, Apopan, [inaudible],
Rudy, Gerard,
Elifèt who had been arrested and was released (by the coup
d'etat authorities in charge). All these bandits are at the root.
They have all the [inaudible] contacts. They circulate freely
and their machetes has the PNH (Haitian National Police) inscription
on them. We will provide machetes to the press, in support of
our statement.
Haiti Correspondent: You have seen this inscription?
Community Witness: Yes, we have
the evidence (of police involvement with Lame Timanchet) since
we are in possession of some of the machetes (with PNH - Haitian
National Police inscription on them.)
Haiti Correspondent: They left
machetes behind?
Community
Witness:
We have some of their machetes with the inscription PNH. And we
will schedule a press conference to present the PNH inscribed
machetes to the press. We are also calling on the international
community to say their piece, because we are running out of options.
The population says that things are untenable.
Haiti
Correspondent: Do
you have names of politicians or private citizens who may be implicated
in these events?
Community
Witness:
Yes, we have names.
Haiti
Correspondent: Can you present
them?
Community
Witness:
You have for example Kplim whose chief of security who lives at
Bèy, took an M-14 from ONA (equivalent of Social Security
administration) to bring to these bandits. You have Danny Toussaint
who sent an HKG3 to them. You have Apaid who sent approximately
35,000.00 Haitian dollars to these people, which signifies that
the political sector is implicated in this. It is not a simple
case. This massacre of the people is their massacre... (inaudible,
too fast to make out).
Haiti Correspondent: The
ONA security agent may be involved without implicating Kplim?
Community
Witness:
Yes. it implicates Kplim. He is from Kplim's party and campaigned
for him in this area during the last elections? It's their deception...
Haiti
Correspondent: Kplim may
not even know that he has given the weapon?
Community
Witness: He
must be aware because these guys are very close to Kplim. They
are very close to Danny Toussaint and they are very close to Apaid
in their quest to destabilize the area. You know that this area
is a densely populated area, numbering nearly half-a-million.
These guys need to control the area and they will never succeed,
unless they kill every member of the population.
We want [inaudible] the government and the international community
to listen when we say that we are peaceful. However, if they do
nothing about this situation, when the population returns home
they will take matters into their own hands and mobilize to give
themselves justice. Because, the we see that no one is trying
to help us.
(End
of recorded field interview)
*
HLLN
Haiti Correspondent: There
you have it. You can understand the reality. If nothing is done,
the population will give itself justice, and that is in Gran Ravin.
However, the men from Matisan [inaudible] they say that if the
government does not act on their case, they will get their own
machetes, bags of rocks, bags of bottles and they will go settle
the score in Gran Ravin, and they say it publicly on the air waves.
In the mean time, many names are being mentioned. For example
Evans Paul (Kplim), even if a security person from ONA gives a
weapon in Matisan, we don't believe that this act engages Evans
Paul directly. But you know, when mosquitoes are flying, you can't
differentiate the male from the female. Therefore, an explanation
is necessary.
That is why we tried to contact the KID (Kplim's party) spokesperson
but could not get the right number to ask him whether or not he
was aware that a member of
his party working as security had taken weapons for Lame Timanchèt
members. What is even more interesting is the fact that these
community people have proof that the police is implicated in the
Lame Timanchèt, since the Gran Ravin witnesses say that
when the members of Lame Timanchèt were running, they left
behind machetes that community leaders are ready to present to
the press as evidence of police implication in the massacre that
took place in Ti Bwa and Gran Ravin. It is a very complicated
case.
END
OF EXCERPT for the Ezili Danto Report, Ezili Danto Witness
Project, direct
from Haiti on the July 7, 2006 Lame Timanchèt attack on
the community of Gran Ravin, Martissant
(Another
Gran Ravine Massacre -Listen to original Kreyol audio)
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Lame
Timanchèt: The DDR Fiasco,
Ezili Danto Witness Project, July 19, 2006 (Matisan Video Clips
- Clip
1 begging forgiveness, Clip2
- March 19, 2006 interview with Sason; Clip3
- Peace between Gran Ravine activists and the police would turn
false as police-created Lame Timanchèt would 3-months later
attack the Gran Ravine community, again
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Haitian
Children Put in Chains by the Whites
(Listen
to Kreyol Audio)
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Gang killings may
be political
By Reed Lindsay THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published July 14, 2006
GRAND RAVINE, Haiti -- The killings began before dawn. Gunmen
walked through
this hillside slum warning of a fire and yelling for residents
to come out of
their cinder block and sheet-metal shacks. Those who followed
their advice
were fatally shot.
Hours later, morgue workers and United Nations' peacekeepers piled
corpses in one of the slum's main thoroughfares, a rocky streambed
at the
bottom of the ravine for which this neighborhood is named. The
body count
totaled 21, including three women and four children. Most of the
victims were
killed execution-style with a single bullet to the head.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Jean Gabriel
Ambrose, the
Port-au-Prince justice of the peace. "What is shocking is
that all of the
victims appear to have been innocent."
For several weeks, rival gangs had exchanged fire in a turf war
over
control of the slum. But family members, neighbors, human rights
observers
and police all agree the victims of last Friday's massacre were
not gang
members, making U.N. and Haitian officials suspect it was a politically
motivated attempt to destabilize the newly elected government
led by
President Rene Preval.
"I don't believe it was a spontaneous attack," said
Desmond Molloy, who
heads the U.N. peacekeeping mission's disarmament program in Haiti.
"This
massacre creates an atmosphere of fear, and when people are afraid,
it's very
hard to establish any degree of stability."
The killings in Grand Ravine shattered five months of relative
peace
since Mr. Preval's February electoral victory. The election marked
the first
sign of improvement after two years of crisis and violence after
the
departure of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide into exile
in February
2004.
In Grand Ravine and the neighboring slum of Martissant, opposing
gangs
made peace during a March 19 soccer match sponsored by the United
Nations,
and they handed authorities a grenade and a firearm in a symbolic
gesture.
But the truce did not last long.
"In recent weeks, we'd been aware of a heightening of tensions
among the
gangs in this area along political and territorial lines,"
Mr. Molloy said.
On one side was a gang based in Grand Ravine associated with Mr.
Aristide's Lavalas Family party. On the other side were two anti-Aristide
gangs -- one based in a slum called Ti Bwa and a second called
the Little
Machete Army.
The latter earned its name at a soccer match in August 2005 that
ended
with police officers shooting in the stadium and the machete-wielding
gang
hacking fleeing spectators to death.
Grand Ravine residents and government officials blame the Little
Machete
Army and the Ti Bwa gang for last week's massacre. What remains
a mystery is
what provoked it.
Haitian Police Chief Mario Andresol suspects the attack was related
to
the killings last year, which appeared to be a joint effort by
the Little
Machete Army and rogue police officers to eliminate the Grand
Ravine gang,
some of whose members were at the match.
Chief Andresol arrested 15 police officers for their participation
in the
soccer stadium killings, but the judge handling the case has since
released
most of them.
"This is my 13th conflict, and it's been the toughest one
to find out
what's really going on," said Mr. Molloy, who oversaw disarmament
in Sierra
Leone before coming to Haiti. "There are a lot of smoke and
mirrors. It's
very difficult to nail down the motives behind actions in Haiti."
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“Daddy, its goats or pigs that I have seen cut up before.
How come they are cutting
up people now?" (Horrified exclamation of a traumatized young
Haitian boy watching
the Grand Ravine Massacre on Sunday, August 21, 2005) Ezili
Danto report on Aug.
Grand Ravine slaughter at USAID-sponsored soccer match Ezili Danto
Project | August 25, 2005
AUMOHD/ RAPPORT PRELIMINAIRE SUR
LE MASSACRE
DE GRAND RAVINE
ASSOCIATION DES UNIVERSITAIRES MOTIVES
POUR UNE HAITI DE DROIT
AUMOHD DWA MOUN
4, Delmas 47 et Rue BOUKMAN
Phone : (509) 2133089 / 424 33 34
Email : aumohddwamoun@yahoo.fr
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AUMOHD/RAPPORT PRELIMINAIRE
SUR LE NOUVEAU MASSACRE DE GRANDE RAVINE
DU 6 AU 7 JUILLET 2006
Méthodes utilisées pour ce rapport
- Réunions avec les parents victimes et les temoins
- Réunions avec les membres de CCDH – GRAND RAVINE
- Visites a la morgue de l’HUEH
- Rencontre avec les autorités policières
- Rencontre avec les autorités Judiciaires
I.- LE DEUXIEME MASSACRE DU 6 AU 7 JUILLET 2006
Dans la nuit du six (6) au Vendredi 7 Juillet deux mille six (2006)
la population de Grand Ravine, une zone située au sud de
la capitale a été victime pour une deuxième
fois d’un massacre avec cette fois -ci un bilan provisoire
très lourd en terme de morts, de blesses, de disparus,
de personnes traumatisées et de maisons incendiées.
Ce nouveau massacre est intervenu environ onze mois après
le premier. Alors pour mieux comprendre ce nouveau massacre contre
la population civile de Grand Ravin il faut tout d’abord
comprendre le contexte sociopolitique et juridico sécuritaire
de l’ensemble du pays et surtout les liens qui existent
entre le premier massacre (IMPUNITE, IRRESPONSABILITE ET IRRESPERT
DE LA PERSONNE HUMAINE) et cette seconde catastrophe.
A.- BILAN PROVISOIRE DU MASSACRE
Le bilan est lourd, triste, inquiétant voire choquant.
Selon les témoignages recueillis de la population et des
membres du Conseil Communautaire pour les droits Humains de AUMOHD,
(CCDH) basé à Grand Ravine, plus de vingt cinq (25)
personnes auraient été exécutées à
l’intérieur de leur maison, environ cinq personnes
(5) auraient été portées disparus, une quinzaine
de blessées par un groupe d’homme lourdement armé
, venant de TIBWA, Descartes, Decarette et Baz Kapab de Carrefour
Feuille avec des armes tel que Fusil T-65, Fusil- Galil, Fusil
M-14, Revolvers -38, Revolver-45 ; il y avait aussi des armes
tranchantes : machettes et couteaux, et de bâtons. Il y
a lieu de préciser que la quasi totalité des noms
cités par la population comme présumés auteurs
et complices de ce crime odieux ont été deja cite
dans le massacre qui a eu lieu les 20 et 21 Août 2005 a
Sainte Bernadette lors d’un match de foot balle. Citons
quelques individus cités par la population et des témoins
:
1.- Frantz LORAME Alias Gerald Gros lonbrik
2.- Roland Toussaint
3.- Apoupam Junior
4.-Roody DAGUIZAN
5.- Jean YVES Alias BROMN
6.-Geffrad Stevenson Alias TIAS
7.- Joël Ainsi connu
8.- Janjan Ainsi connu
9.- Elifaite junior *
10.- Becheneve Etienne
LA LISTE DES 24 PERSONNES ASSASSINEES
a) Nombre de garçons (16 en total)
1.- Sony LUCIEN âgé de 63 ans, il
a reçu plusieurs balles à la tête
2.- Pradel DEL, âgé 58 ans
3.- Esteve PRESNOR, âgé de 23 ans,
il reçu une balle a la tête.
4.- Yves Jean PHILLIPE âgé de 56
ans. Il a reçu une balle a l’œil gauche
5.- Elde Saint LOUIS, âgé de 22
ans
6.- Joseph JOACHIN âgé de 45 ans,
père de trois enfants et sa femme,
Melicy MAGLOIRE a été aussi blessé
par balle a la jambe droite (Ref.Photo AUMOHD)
7.- Odinor SAINT LOUIS âgé de 40
ans
8.- Isam Jocelyn
9.- Sauveur FRANCOIS âgé de 37 ans
10.- Saint Martin INNOCENT âgé de
45 ans
11.- Saul MORANGE âgé de 19 ans
12.- Jean Junior THOMAS
13.- Claude YVES
14.- Nabien Ainsi Connu
15.- Clair Ainsi connu
16.- Jean Simon
b) Nombre de Femmes (4 en total)
1.- Madame Daniel INNOCENT âgée,
mère de Peter Son Innocent, elle a reçu
une balle a la tête et son bras droit a été
amputé.
2.- Dalmise SEJOUR
3.- Estin Fils LOUIS âgée de 43
ans
4.- Jean Louis THERMILYA
c) Nombre d’enfants/ mineurs
( 4 en total)
1.- Peterson INNOCENT, un mineur de 12 ans, il
a reçu deux balles a la nuque
2.- Widsie JOCELIN âgée de 5 ans,
sa tête a été écrasée
3.- Jean Wilem SANON âgé de 11 ans,
sa tête a été écrasée
4.- Jean Louis STENGIL âgé de 17
ans
d) nombres de corps portés disparus
selon les témoignages
Environ 5 (Cela reste à vérifier)
e.- Le nombre de blessés RESTE ENCORE à vérifier
f) le nombre de blessés inventoriés
par AUMOHD (5)
1.- Pedro MICHELLET
2.- Melicy MAGLOIRE (voir la Photo de AUMOHD)
3.- Junior Anisi connu
4.- Maint SEJOUR
5.- Thullus ERNSO
II.- NOMBRE DE MAISONS BRULEES
- Environ 40 maisons ont été saccagées puis
incendiées
(cela reste à vérifier après constat de AUMOHD)
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III.- LES RECOMMANDATIONS SERONT FAITES AU RAPPORT DEFINITIF
- Prochain étape ce sera le rapport définitif.
- Pour toutes informations supplémentaires contactez nous
à :
aumohddwamoun@yahoo.fr
Ou directement à Me. Evel FANFAN,
fanfanmel@yahoo.fr
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Forwarded by the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
ezilidanto.com | email: erzilidanto@yahoo.com
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See also HLLN's
call for investigation of the CEP and electoral fraud
in the 2006 presidential and legislative elections.
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/law/res2006.html#electoralfraud
Blan
Kolon mete jèn Ayisyen lan kòd
Haitian Children Put in Chains by the Whites: Remembering How
The UN dropped bombs on Haitian civilians in Site Soley last July,
2005, then put the wounded in chains
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/testimonies/chains.html
EXPOSE THE LIES:
Expose how under the cover of "Aristide-is-corrupt-refrain,"
with this
weapon of mass distraction and Bush “regime change to bring
Haiti justice and
democracy," the powerful countries of France, Canada and
US, with UN
soldiers as their corporate army, have turned Haiti into a penal
colony for
the Haitians masses and are tying Haiti to endless IMF/World Bank
debts
while looting and plundering Haitian lands, assets and resources.
Demand the
International coup d'etat supporting countries and enforcers,
not Rene
Preval, set the political prisoners free, end the UN occupation,
return
stolen Haitian assets.
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/expose.html
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Other recommended links:
Failed
Solidarity by Jeb Sprague
http://labornotes.org/archives/2006/06/articles/f.shtml//t_blank
- Reverse
Solidarity
The Reactionary Role of US Labor in Haiti and Venezuela
by Jeb Sprague and Dennis Bernstein and Kim Scipes, June 21, 2006
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=10463
- Undeclared
war on Haiti's poor
By Kent Rosenthal, July 11, 2006
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=1169
- Tension
and grief in the Caribbean By Kent Rosenthal, March 1, 2006
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=254
-
One island, two nations By Kent Rosenthal, July 1, 2005
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=373
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Expose the Lies of the International Community
about Haiti, its people and resources
Expose how under the cover of "Aristide-is-corrupt-refrain,"
with this weapon
of mass distraction and Bush “regime change to bring Haiti
justice and democracy," the powerful countries of France,
Canada and US, with UN soldiers as their corporate army, have
turned Haiti into a penal colony for the Haitians masses and are
tying Haiti to endless IMF/World Bank debts while looting and
plundering Haitian assets and resources. Demand
the International coup d'etat supporing countries and enforcers,
not Rene Preval, set the political prisoners free,end the UN occupation,
return Haitian assets to the people of Haiti by Marguerite Laurent,
June 26, 2006, Haitian Perspectives
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/expose.html
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KREYOL: HLLN
Apèl pou
Aksyon
- Mande pou solda Nasyonzini yo sispann
touye inosan nan popilasyon sivil la e sispann ak lòt zak
maspinay yo ap
fè sou pèp Ayisyen. Mande Pou Okipasyon ak Represyon
Nasyonzini an
Sispann
ENGLISH: HLLN
Action Alert -Demand
UN soldiers stop killing innocent
Haitian civilians and brutalizing the Haitian public. End the
UN occupation of
Haiti.
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HLLN
Recommended Links to honor Dred Wilmè on July 6, 2007,
Haitian
Perspectives, June 6, 2007 (July
6, 2007 sponsored by HLLN's
FreeHaitiMovement
- Dessaline
is Rising Worldwide)
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