An expelled Haitian druglord claimed at his sentencing that embattled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide controls 85% of the cocaine flow through the impoverished nation.<\/p>\n
After bashing Haiti\uffb4s leader, Beaudouin Ketant was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n
Ketant says he paid off Aristide for years. He and claims Aristide turned Haiti in a narco-country and controlled Haiti\uffb4s drug world.<\/p>\n
An attorney for the Haitian government flatly dismissed the allegations and challenged Ketant to prove it.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old defendant also has been fined $15 million and ordered to forfeit another $15 million.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say he smuggled his way to a Midas-like fortune that included an $8 million villa, paintings by Monet and Picasso and bank accounts in Haiti and the Bahamas. A daughter at Emory University drives a Mercedes-Benz.<\/p>\n
Source: Associated Press<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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