San Juan, Puerto Rico-federal immigration judge in Miami on Thursday, ordered that a rich Haitian entrepreneur and one-off presidential promising pierre Réginald Boulos remain in custody in the United States where the accusation of violent gangs in Haiti is held.
Boulos was arrested in his house in South Florida in early July, accused of “involved in the campaign of violence and support of gangs that contributed to the destabilization of Haiti,” said US immigration and customs enforcement.
He is a well -known member of Haiti’s elite, and is the most important Haitan arrested so far under the immigration intervention of Trump’s administration.
Thursday hearing in the center processing of services Krome North took place behind the closed door, the authorities excluded journalists and another of the courtroom and the detention center itself.
It was not immediately known what happened to a hearing other than a judge who denies that Boulos will be released, a person familiar with the Associated Press agency said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss hearing.
On Thursday, more than a dozen people gathered in front of a detention center and demanded that Boulos stay in the US – or anywhere else than in Haiti. Demonstrators waved to cars that passed and supported.
“If Boulos goes to Haiti, he won’t stay in prison. Justice on Haiti is gangs,” he read one sign.
Some said Boulos should be sent to Salvador or even Guantanamo. Next Read Signs: Send Boulos under the Sea.
The US authorities did not provide any details of the Boulos case and no documents were published. Days after his arrest, Ice also said that Boulos could not publish in his request for his / her involvement in the creation of a political party, or that Haiti’s government advanced him for prosecution for abuse of loans.
He added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “found that some individuals supported and cooperated with the leaders of Haitian gangs associated with VIV Ansanm, Haitian foreign terrorist organization.”
“The United States does not allow individuals to take advantage of legal status in our country, while facilitating the conduct of violent organizations or supporting criminal terrorist organizations abroad,” the statement said.
Boulos operated grocery stores, car dealers and other Haiti businesses where he worked as president of the National Chamber and Industry.
Boulos, who was born in the US, had previously denied a rush of accusation of corruption to Haiti.
In 2019, he created a third -way movement, a political party he said at that time, served as a contrast to “shameless elite and ruthless politicians working to preserve the country and increasing the suffering of people in Haiti.
Boulos gave up his American citizenship in the middle of the expectations of the presidential run that has never happened. Last year he gained residence in the US as part of Biden Administration.
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