{"id":23177,"date":"2024-01-24T08:24:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T02:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/former-diplomat-murdered-near-haitian-airport\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T08:24:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T02:54:38","slug":"former-diplomat-murdered-near-haitian-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/former-diplomat-murdered-near-haitian-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Former diplomat murdered near Haitian airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A former Haitian vice-consul to the Dominican Republic was gunned down near an airport in northern Haiti, a police official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

6 NUNS KIDNAPPED IN GANG-DOMINATED HAITI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claude Joazard, a doctor and former senatorial candidate, was killed Sunday near the airport in the northern coastal city of Cap-Ha\u00eftien, said police spokesman Inspector Arold Jean.<\/p>\n

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The Haitian flag is hoisted against a clear sky at the site of the presidential palace, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 19, 2011.<\/span> (Photo by THONY BELIZAIRE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Joazard was a former diplomat to the Dominican Republic town of Dajabon, located near the border that the countries share on the island of Hispaniola.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what motivated the shooting. No one has been arrested.<\/p>\n

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Gangs have been blamed for killing more than 4,000 people across Haiti last year, according to U.N. statistics.<\/p>\n

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