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Canadian police charge man in plot to topple Haiti’s Moise gov’t

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say their investigation into the plot to overthrow the government of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise was unrelated to Moise's assassination in July 2021 [File: Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]

Canadian federal police have charged a man in the province of Quebec with “terrorism” over an alleged plot to overthrow slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s government.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Thursday that Gerald Nicolas, 51, from the town of Levis near Quebec City “planned to stage an armed revolution in Haiti and ultimately seize power”.

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