National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti

National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti

The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haïti (French: Front pour la Libération et la Reconstruction Nationales) is a rebel group in Haïti that controlled most of the country following the 2004 Haiti Rebellion. It was briefly known as the "Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front", after the country's central Artibonite region, before being renamed on February 19, 2004 to emphasize its national scope.

The group can be considered an alliance between two elements within the rebellion: armed anti-government gangs and former soldiers of the disbanded Haïtian army. The most prominent of the gangs is one based in Gonaïves, formerly known as the "Cannibal Army",[1] that had once supported Jean-Bertrand Aristide but later turned against him. It initiated the rebellion with its capture of Gonaïves on February 5, 2004. It has been led by Buteur Metayer since the murder (allegedly on Aristide's orders) of Buteur's brother, Amiot Metayer, in late 2003.

Following the capture of Gonaïves, the rebels quickly moved into several neighboring towns, expelling the police from them. Some of these, such as Saint-Marc, were retaken by the police and pro-Aristide militants within days, however. On February 14, the rebels were reinforced by opponents of the government who had returned from exile in the Dominican Republic: 20 former soldiers, led by Louis-Jodel Chamblain, a former militia leader who headed army death squads in 1987 and a militia known as the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haïti (FRAPH), which killed and maimed hundreds of people in the early 1990s. By February 17, the rebel forces had captured the central town of Hinche, near the Dominican border. According to reports, this attack was led by Chamblain. The rebels also controlled most of the roads connecting the central Artibonite province with the north and south of the country.

On February 22, the rebels captured the country's second-largest city, Cap-Haïtien. By February 25, nearly the entire north was in rebel hands, and the rebels were threatening to attack the capital, Port-au-Prince. Aristide left the country under protest on February 29, and the rebels announced that they would welcome foreign peacekeepers in Haïti.

Notes

  1. ^ Fugitive leader of Haiti's 'Cannibal Army' found shot to death

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