Who are the rebel leaders?
A collection of insurgents, prisoners, armed gang members, and ex-soldiers of the Haitian Army returned from exile, experts say. The leaders include: Louis-Jodel Chamblain. A former army sergeant and death-squad leader. He was convicted in absentia for crimes including the murder of a prominent businessman in 1993 and a 1994 massacre of at least 15 people. He was also implicated in the 1993 assassination of Justice Minister Guy Malary. Chamblain fled to the Dominican Republic in 1994 when U.S. troops intervened, and returned to Haiti to lead the rebellion. Butteur Metayer. Head of the Revolutionary Anti-Aristide Front, he started the uprising when his forces drove police from Gonaives. Metayer’s group, the “Cannibal Army,” was pro-Aristide under the leadership of Metayer’s brother, Amiot Metayer, before Amiot was assassinated in September 2003. Metayer’s followers blamed Aristide for the murder and turned against him. Guy Phillipe. Aristide’s former police chief in northern Haiti. He f
