US seeks cut in sentence for Haitian drug lord⁠.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/12/2586010/us-seeks-cut-in-sentence-for-haitian.html

The Associated Press

MIAMI -- Federal prosecutors are seeking a reduction in the 27-year prison sentence being served by a Haitian cocaine lord because of his assistance in other drug-related cases.

A judge in Miami set a February hearing in the case of 48-year-old Beaudoin Ketant. Prosecutors say he has provided information leading to prosecution of other drug traffickers and corrupt Haitian police officers and politicians. Haiti is a key shipping point for cocaine and other drugs from South America through the Caribbean.

Ketant once accused former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide of complicity in the cocaine trade. Aristide was never charged and his attorney in the U.S. has repeatedly denied the allegation.

Ketant pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in 2003. He's currently set for release from prison in 2026.
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