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‘DETAINEE HAD TO BE REVIVED TWICE’ Haitian man was brutally punched, slapped and beaten by officers, says lawyer By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE lawyer for a 31-year-old Haitian man held at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre says his client had to be revived twice by hospital staff after being brutally punched, slapped and beaten about the face and body by immigrations officers both at the facility and on the bus on the way there. In calling for an inquiry into the alleged mistreatment, attorney Martin Lundy said that although his client,
Fegens Laguerre is alive, he is “not well” after suffering serious mistreatment in immigration custody and needing emergency medical care after his arrest last week. Questions about Mr Laguerre’s condition emerged earlier this week after reports that he had been taken to hospital before a court appearance and then could not be located for three days. Mr Lundy said relatives “camped out” at the airport with a ticket for his self-deportation, expecting him to be placed ABUSED - SEE PAGE FOUR
CARMICHAEL ROAD DETENTION CENTRE
MOM DIES IN CRASH BEFORE SEEING DAUGHTER GRADUATE
BROOKLYN BRIDGE BARGE OWNERS FACE $20K REEF DAMAGE PENALTY
Thirty-four-year-old Roberts, a mother of two girls, was reportedly heading home on a break from work when her black Honda Accord collided with a Honda Stepwagon travelling in the opposite direction on Western Road. Police said officers arrived shortly after 2pm
The barge’s grounding became a national flashpoint after dozens of local residents in a fleet of small leisure craft looted containers from the vessel. People forced open units and removed food, appliances, electronics, medical supplies and other goods before police intervened. The incident drew
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
SHAQUELL Roberts was looking forward to seeing her eldest daughter graduate next year — a milestone her own mother never lived to witness — before her life was cut short in a violent car crash on Monday.
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net THE owners of the Brooklyn Bridge barge which was looted after running aground off Abaco will be fined $20,000 for damaging a coral reef, officials confirmed yesterday, after an environmental assessment found extensive harm to coral reefs.
FATALITY - SEE PAGE THREE
FINE - SEE PAGE FIVE
LOUISE JOSEPH stands in the burned remains of her home.
Haitian mother’s ‘refuge’ lost as fire destroys home By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
THREE years after fleeing Haiti in search of safety and stability, Louise Joseph is again fighting to regain her footing — this time after a fire destroyed everything she owned over the weekend.
Ms Joseph, a hair braider known on TikTok as Mary Fox, was at work on Saturday when a call came just after 2pm: “Come home right away, your house is on fire.” She rushed to her apartment across from Windsor Park, but by the REFUGE - SEE PAGE TWO
CONTAINER barge the Brooklyn Bridge stranded on top of coral reefs near Nunjack Cay in North Abaco in November.
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