- Guy François
Guy André François was an ex-colonel of the armed forces of
Haiti . At the height of his military career François commanded the eliteDessalines Battalion .François was accused twice of conspiring to overthrow the government of Haiti, in 1989 and in 2001. After the 1989 accusation, François fled to
Venezuela , but would eventually be allowed to return to Haiti. He was arrested, convicted and spent two years in prison for his involvement in the 2001 coup attempt on the government of then presidentJean-Bertrand Aristide .On
September 14 2006 Guy François' body was discovered in his car inPetionville , the weathly suburb ofPort-au-Prince in which he lived.François was married to Marie Alice and a daughter, Sabine Carre. Guy François' brother is Dr. M. Rony François, who is the health secretary for
Florida .External links
* [http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2006/09/15/former_haitian_army_colonel_fatally_shot/ News article published upon death]
* [http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/79-03.html Guy Andre François v. Haiti] , petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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