pinkpuddytat
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Haitian lawyer for jailed US missionaries fired
"The Haitian lawyer for 10 U.S. Baptists charged with child kidnapping tried to bribe the missionaries' way out of jail and has been fired, the attorney who hired him said Saturday night.
The Haitian lawyer, Edwin Coq, denied the allegation. He said the $60,000 he requested from the Americans' families was his fee.
Jorge Puello, the attorney in the neighboring Dominican Republic retained by relatives of the 10 American missionaries after their arrest last week, told The Associated Press that he fired Coq on Friday night. He had hired Coq to represent the detainees at Haitian legal proceedings."
I don't know if I believe this. Early on, Puello was just spouting the lies that Silsby had told him, all of which were soon discovered to be lies. Why the heck would he care if any of these people ever get out of jail? I think he doesn't want the Haitian lawyer getting any of the money the families cough up, because it'll just mean less for himself. These people don't need a Dominican lawyer right now anyway -- in fact I have a feeling none of them will ever be allowed into the Dominican Republic again.
And frankly, you'd have to pay me a lot more than $60,000 to defend any of these people (though of course, I'm not a Haitian living in Haiti with Haitian employment opportunities). I'm sure Coq is no saint, but I don't think Puello is either. And I still want to kiss Coq for shouting out the truth about Laura Silsby.