{"id":31769,"date":"2026-03-27T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/?p=31769"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:14:07","slug":"haiti-fake-passport-scandal-new-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/haiti-fake-passport-scandal-new-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti frees immigration chief in passport probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port-au-Prince: immigration officials released after questioning<\/span><\/h3>\n

Port-au-Prince, March 27, 2026. The Director of Immigration, Antoine Jean Simon F\u00e9nelon, along with nine members of his team, was released on Friday after appearing before the Port-au-Prince prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/a><\/p>\n

The officials from the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration (DIE) had been arrested on March 23 by the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in passport issuance.<\/p>\n

High-security hearing highlights sensitivity of case<\/span><\/h3>\n

Under heavy police escort, the individuals were brought before Government Commissioner Fritz Patterson Dorval, who led the questioning.<\/p>\n

The significant security measures in place underscored the high-profile nature of the case.<\/p>\n

Released but still under investigation<\/span><\/h3>\n

Following the hearing, judicial authorities decided to release the officials while keeping the investigation open.<\/a><\/p>\n

Authorities emphasized that the probe is ongoing and aims to clarify unresolved aspects of the alleged passport irregularities.<\/p>\n

Travel ban imposed as probe continues<\/span><\/h3>\n

Pending the outcome of the investigation, those involved have been placed under a travel restriction, preventing them from leaving the country.<\/p>\n

The case remains active as authorities continue efforts to determine the full extent of the alleged scheme.<\/p>\n

Ronald Andr\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Port-au-Prince: immigration officials released after questioning Port-au-Prince, March 27, 2026. The Director of Immigration, Antoine Jean Simon F\u00e9nelon, along with nine members of his team, was released on Friday after appearing before the Port-au-Prince prosecutor\u2019s office. The officials from the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration (DIE) had been arrested on March 23 by the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in passport issuance. High-security hearing highlights sensitivity of case Under heavy police escort, the individuals were brought before Government Commissioner Fritz Patterson Dorval, who led the questioning. The significant security measures in place underscored the high-profile nature of the case. Released but still under investigation Following the hearing, judicial authorities decided to release the officials while keeping the investigation open. Authorities emphasized that the probe is ongoing and aims to clarify unresolved aspects of the alleged passport irregularities. Travel ban imposed as probe continues Pending the outcome of the investigation, those involved have been placed under a travel restriction, preventing them from leaving the country. The case remains active as authorities continue efforts to determine the full extent of the alleged scheme. Ronald Andr\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"4","parallax":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"Antoine Jean Simon F\u00e9nelon and nine immigration officials were released after questioning, but remain under investigation in the passport scandal."},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3220,3249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lequotidien509.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000384900-1-1.webp?fit=720%2C676&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31771,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31769\/revisions\/31771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}