The leader of Haiti's Gonaïves Resistance Front has been turned over to his partisans after they threatened the interim government

Port-au-Prince, January 24, 2005 (AHP)- The U.S. authorities repatriated Butter Métayer, president of the Front of Resistance of Gona*ves back to Haiti last Friday after imprisoning him for 47 days in Florida.

Butter Métayer was held in the United States on accusations of arms trafficking and human rights violations.

Métayer was not turned over to the judicial authorities, in keeping with the wishes of his supporters in Gona*ves who were acting in a very threatening manner toward the interim government. They accused the government of complicity in the arrest of their leader.

Immediately upon his arrival in Gona*ves, the head of the front attributed his arrest to politics.

AHP January 24, 2005 11:50 AM