Patrick Elie

Patrick Elie (born January 1, 1950 ) is a Haitian biochemist and politician .

After studying and obtaining his doctorate in Canada, he was Professor of Biochemistry at the Medical Faculty of the University of Port-au-Prince from 1980 to 1991 . 1991-94 Elie headed the Haitian anti- drug smuggling agency and was State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense in his home country in 1994/95 . Under President René Préval , he chaired the Presidential Committee on National Security. In 1996 he was arrested in the United States on charges that he was preparing an assassination attempt on then-President Preval's sister Raymonde Preval-Belot, who worked at the Haitian embassy in Washington . The case was put down following a ruling by the US Federal Supreme Court Chamber of Appeal not to admit the evidence based on the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short biography on the homepage of York University (at the bottom of the page)
2. ↑ Short biography in "Law Enforcement against Prohibition" ( memento of the original from March 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ United States of America, Plaintiff Appellant, v. Patrick Elie A / K / a Patrick Gerald Elie, A / K / a Marie Patrick Elie, Defendant-Appellee., 111 F.3d 1135 (4th Cir. 1997)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .