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Marine Smuggled Guns Into Haiti So He Could Train The Military And Become President, Feds Say

Marine Smuggled Guns Into Haiti So He Could Train The Military And Become President, Feds Say

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A U.S. marine smuggled guns into Haiti in what he claimed was an attempt to overthrow the government and install him as president. Members of the Marine Corps march in formation during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in observance of Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2019, at Arlington National Cemetery. Image: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

An active-duty U.S. marine smuggled a planeload of guns into Haiti in what he claimed was an attempt to train the Caribbean country’s military on marksmanship, overthrow the government and install himself as president.

The Marine, Sgt. Jacques Yves Duroseau, was caught and charged in a North Carolina federal court with smuggling firearms.

Duroseau, a native of Haiti, and another unnamed person departed an airport in New Bern, North Carolina, on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, bound for Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, with two plastic containers of firearms and a third with ammunition, according to the criminal complaint.

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Haitian police arrested Duroseau when he landed in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Nov. 12, according to U.S. court filings.

The unnamed “known individual” told federal investigators that Duroseau “wanted to help Haiti and wants to become president of Haiti,” according to the indictment filed Nov. 27.

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Haitian officials told the Miami Herald that “they became suspicious when they saw the three black cases, two of which were long. Most often the cases mean guns are inside.”

Duroseau told investigators that he planned to be arrested when he arrived in Haiti so he could “gain a platform to make a statement.”

“I know why I brought (the guns),” he told federal agents, according to the indictment. “It’s still a part of the attention I need.”