Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PORTAUPRINCE297
2007-02-12 19:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Port Au Prince
Cable title:
UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION
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UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 000297
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CAR
DRL
S/CRS
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR
INR/IAA (BEN-YEHUDA)
TREASURY FOR MAUREEN WAFER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM ASEC UNSC HA
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION
REF: PAP 283
UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 000297
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CAR
DRL
S/CRS
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR
INR/IAA (BEN-YEHUDA)
TREASURY FOR MAUREEN WAFER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM ASEC UNSC HA
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION
REF: PAP 283
1. This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please
protect accordingly.
2. (SBU) MINUSTAH's deputy chief of the political
department, Elizabeth Cullity (strictly protect),provided
Polcouns the following details regarding MINUSTAH's operation
in the Boston area of Cite Soleil (reftel) on the afternoon
of February 12. Force Commander dos Santos Cruz reports that
no shots have been fired at MINUSTAH troops in Boston since
Friday, February 9, when the operation began. According to
dos Santos Cruz, MINUSTAH troops are patrolling on foot,
local residents are pleased with their presence, and MINUSTAH
has broken the organization of gang leader Evans Jeune.
Roughly 60 participants in MINUSTAH's disarmament program
(DDR) who are now involved in vocational training asked
MINUSTAH officials over the weekend to shelter them at the
DDR orientation center in order to avoid having to fight
MINUSTAH on Evan's behalf. MINUSTAH troops have seized from
Evans' compound over 5,700 rounds of ammunition, a Galil
automatic rifle, and documents and photo albums that will
further help identify key gang members and serve as evidence
in criminal trials. MINUSTAH believes that Evans is still in
the Boston vicinity and that their quarantine has cut off his
escape.
2. (SBU) Cullity reported that gang leaders Belony Pierre,
Amaral Duclonat, and Evans on Saturday, February 10, offered
to surrender weapons in exchange for a truce. A Haitian
connected to the National Commission on Disarmament viewed
the weapons on offer the same day and reported that Belony
was forthcoming, but that Amaral and Evans had assembled a
worthless stockpile. In any event, Cullity said that the GoH
decided firmly against further negotiations with gang
leaders; operations would end when gang leaders were in
custody.
3. (SBU) MINUSTAH and Haitian police forces also mounted a
successful operation over the weekend of February 10-11, in
the gang-ridden neighborhood of Martissant, arresting 23
members of the "Little Machete Army" (Lame Ti Machet),six of
whom MINUSTAH believes are top gang leaders.
4. (SBU) Comment. Cullity was enthused about the weekend's
developments: though Evans remained at large, his capture
seems imminent; the operations in Martissant demonstrated
MINUSTAH could execute multiple operations. MINUSTAH, she
judged, had taken key steps in restoring order to
Port-au-Prince. End Comment.
SANDERSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CAR
DRL
S/CRS
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR
INR/IAA (BEN-YEHUDA)
TREASURY FOR MAUREEN WAFER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM ASEC UNSC HA
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION
REF: PAP 283
1. This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please
protect accordingly.
2. (SBU) MINUSTAH's deputy chief of the political
department, Elizabeth Cullity (strictly protect),provided
Polcouns the following details regarding MINUSTAH's operation
in the Boston area of Cite Soleil (reftel) on the afternoon
of February 12. Force Commander dos Santos Cruz reports that
no shots have been fired at MINUSTAH troops in Boston since
Friday, February 9, when the operation began. According to
dos Santos Cruz, MINUSTAH troops are patrolling on foot,
local residents are pleased with their presence, and MINUSTAH
has broken the organization of gang leader Evans Jeune.
Roughly 60 participants in MINUSTAH's disarmament program
(DDR) who are now involved in vocational training asked
MINUSTAH officials over the weekend to shelter them at the
DDR orientation center in order to avoid having to fight
MINUSTAH on Evan's behalf. MINUSTAH troops have seized from
Evans' compound over 5,700 rounds of ammunition, a Galil
automatic rifle, and documents and photo albums that will
further help identify key gang members and serve as evidence
in criminal trials. MINUSTAH believes that Evans is still in
the Boston vicinity and that their quarantine has cut off his
escape.
2. (SBU) Cullity reported that gang leaders Belony Pierre,
Amaral Duclonat, and Evans on Saturday, February 10, offered
to surrender weapons in exchange for a truce. A Haitian
connected to the National Commission on Disarmament viewed
the weapons on offer the same day and reported that Belony
was forthcoming, but that Amaral and Evans had assembled a
worthless stockpile. In any event, Cullity said that the GoH
decided firmly against further negotiations with gang
leaders; operations would end when gang leaders were in
custody.
3. (SBU) MINUSTAH and Haitian police forces also mounted a
successful operation over the weekend of February 10-11, in
the gang-ridden neighborhood of Martissant, arresting 23
members of the "Little Machete Army" (Lame Ti Machet),six of
whom MINUSTAH believes are top gang leaders.
4. (SBU) Comment. Cullity was enthused about the weekend's
developments: though Evans remained at large, his capture
seems imminent; the operations in Martissant demonstrated
MINUSTAH could execute multiple operations. MINUSTAH, she
judged, had taken key steps in restoring order to
Port-au-Prince. End Comment.
SANDERSON