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	The Black Commentator - US Corporate Media Distort Haitian Events - Issue 63
		It may be inconvenient for these worthy scribes to put a human face on Amiot Metayer, but his personal history must be told to fully understand the impact of his murder.
		Metayer was a native son of the coastal township of Gonaives in Haiti.
		Metayer was also one of the pioneers of “flash demonstrations” against the dictatorship where hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of Lavalas supporters would appear out of nowhere to protest for five minutes and then disappear before the military and their henchmen arrived on the scene.
	www.blackcommentator.com /63/63_haiti_2.html (1406 words)

	Worldandnation: Haitian rebel is one of the family
		In Orlando, the Metayers watch the news for glimpses of a brother whose thirst for revenge sparked a rebellion.
		Butteur Metayer, center, holds a machete as he leads a march in Gonaives on Feb. 12, in honor of his brother, Amiot Metayer.
		Amiot was arrested and jailed on charges of setting fire to homes of opposition leaders.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/03/04/Worldandnation/Haitian_rebel_is_one_.shtml (1019 words)

	Amiot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The bullet-riddled body of Amiot Metayer, leader of a street gang called Cannibal Army, was found on a country road in the town of St. Marc.
		Also known as the Amiot-Peneau, the Amiot was a French contraption manufactured in Asnieres from 1897 to 1902.
		Originally the Amiot had a 6hp Cyclope engine; an electric version was also manufactured.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Amiot (339 words)

	Haiti News Briefs
		Buter Métayer, brother of Amiot, the leader of the Cannibal Army chef assassinated in September, is one of the main leaders of the movement calling for the resignation of President Aristide.
		The demonstration was led by Peter Métayer, Amiot Métayer's brother, and by Jean Tatoune, an ex-convict condemned to life imprisonment in the context of the 1994 Raboteau massacre who escaped from the Gonaïves jail in the company of Amiot Métayer and many other dangerous criminals on August 2, 2002.
		Amiot Métayer had been a fugitive since his escape from the Gonaïves prison on 2 August 2002, but was able to move around the city freely.
	haitisupport.gn.apc.org /fea_news_main21.html (4029 words)

	Sobaka :: And the Band Plays On: Skipping to Disaster in Haiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Amiot Metayer, leader of the self-described Cannibal Army and one of President Aristide's most ruthless allies, can now walk the streets of Gonaives a free man after a Haitian magistrate last week canceled a long-standing (and long ignored) warrant for his arrest for arson and attempted murder.
		Metayer had originally been arrested in a crackdown on the pro-Aristide gangs in mid-2002 - a belated but seemingly sincere attempt to smother simmering urban warfare between factions supporting and opposed to the Haitian president.
		Metayer's arrest was also intended to mollify criticism, both in Haiti and abroad, that Aristide's regime, isolated like never before, is relying increasingly on thugs like Metayer in lieu of dwindling popular support.
	www.diacritica.com /sobaka/2003/band.html (1996 words)

	Buteur Metayer - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Buteur Metayer, who sports a clean-shaven head and is fond of dark glasses, is the younger brother of Amiot Metayer.
		Amiot Metayer was a political activist and former leader of the Cannibal Army who used strong-arm tactics to bolster support for Aristide's Lavalas party.
		Amiot Metayer was arrested and locked up in Gonaives, but escaped, along with other prisoners, after a tractor was used to smash the prison walls in July 2003.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20040307T010000-0500_56699_OBS_BUTEUR_METAYER.asp (567 words)

	Amiot Metayer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Amiot Metayer (died September 20 / 21, 2003) was a gang leader in Haiti.
		He was found murdered in September2003, and his supporters accused Aristide of having ordered his death.
		In March 2004, following a successful rebellion against Aristide in February (of which Buteur Metayer, Amiot's brother, was a leader), newly appointed Haitian prime minister Gérard Latortue visited Gonaives and paid tribute to Metayer, calling for amoment of silence to remember him.
	www.therfcc.org /amiot-metayer-103782.html (143 words)

	metayer: Leader of the Cannibal Army
		Amiot "Cubain" Métayer, left, and Jean "Jean Tatoune" Pierre, both escapees, leading an anti- brutal dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide's violent demonstration in Gonaïves, Friday, Aug. 2nd, 2002.
		Followers of Metayer, leader of the ``Cannibal Army'' gang in Gonaives, have been demanding President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's resignation since Metayer's bullet-riddled body was found Sept. 22.
		Occiane Claudius, the aunt of Amiot Metayer, a former pro-government strongman found murdered on September 22, screams 'Aristide killed my son!' on the street in the seaside slum of Raboteau in Gonaives, Haiti, on Saturday, October 4, 2003, where Metayer's body is set to be buried on Monday, October 6.
	www.anselme.homestead.com /metayer.html (240 words)

	Background on Haiti: Some Questions and Answers
		The opposition also claims that the rebels are former Aristide supporters, including members of the "Cannibal Army." This claim is, at best, a misrepresentation and a half-truth, based on the strange saga of the Metayer brothers.
		Amiot Metayer was the leader of a criminal gang that called itself the "Cannibal Army." Amiot Metayer and his gang supported the military from 1991-94, but his allegiance was based on profit rather than principle.
		The gang, now led by Amiot's brother, Butter Metayer, blamed the Aristide government for Amiot's killing, and again threw its lot in with Aristide's opponents.
	www.commondreams.org /views04/0224-09.htm (1386 words)

	Haiti Reborn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Metayer was arrested on arson charges on May 21, 2002, in connection with an alleged attack on a rival gang in Gonaives.
		Biter Metayer, the younger brother of Amiot Metayer and an influential member of the Cannibal Army, appealed on Monday for the establishment of a united front between the Democratic Convergence, the Group of 184, the Civil Society Initiative and his own organization to oust the elected authorities, he said.
		Jude Perrin also said that the autopsy performed on the body of Amiot Metayer has been completed and the results revealed that it was indeed a case of murder.
	www.quixote.org /hr/news/haitireport/10-3-2003.php (5459 words)

	americas.org - Jailbreak Frees 159 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Joining Amiot “Cubain” Metayer in escaping were 158 other inmates, including men imprisoned for their role in a 1994 massacre in the city’s Raboteau neighborhood.
		Metayer was a close Aristide ally for years, leading impoverished residents of Gonaïves in demonstrations supporting him.
		Metayer’s supporters call the charges fraudulent and part of Aristide’s efforts to placate his opponents and end a longstanding political impasse.
	www.americas.org /item_10611 (275 words)

	Haiti rebel chief fans flames of unrest, chaos in port city
		His name is Buteur Metayer, and his claim to power apparently rests on the fact that his brother Amiot, once a self-proclaimed enforcer for embattled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was killed last fall after he broke away from Aristide, becoming a local martyr.
		Amiot Metayer, who reportedly ran Gonaives in the style of a Mafia don, once called his group the "Cannibal Army." His brother, who now gives news conferences to international media, has rechristened it the "Artibonite Resistance Front," a name derived from the surrounding river valley.
		Metayer sweeps out of a walled compound, walking with an air of command, flanked by toughs with rifles pointing skyward, butts on their hips.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1079808/posts (1567 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Rebel leaders cheered by small crowds as they drive across Haiti
		A bust of Metayer's slain brother, Amiot Metayer, glowed orange from the light of a fire burning in the middle of the street.
		Amiot Metayer's Sept. 22 assassination led to protest rallies in Gonaives that eventually boiled over into rebellion.
		Metayer was viewed by many people in Gonaives as a Robin Hood who lavished gifts on slum dwellers and his killing angered supporters.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040301-1435-haiti-rebels.html (533 words)

	Perspective: The Unbuilt Nation
		This is the city where Aristide supporters, led by a man named Amiot Metayer, were slaughtered in April 1994 in one of the last brutal acts of the Cedras military regime.
		Metayer escaped along with 148 other prisoners, including several political enemies who had been convicted of the 1994 massacre of Metayer's supporters.
		Despite the fact that he is still a wanted man, Metayer has not been rearrested, much to the consternation of the Organization of American States, which has said his continued liberty is proof Aristide is not interested in creating a secure climate for new elections.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/05/25/Perspective/The_Unbuilt_Nation.shtml (4217 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2003: Americas: Haiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Amiot Metayer, named in the OAS report as a suspect in the attacks, was arrested on July 2, but was broken out of prison a month later.
		Metayer's dramatic escape, in the company of more than 150 other inmates, came about after heavily-armed men rammed a stolen tractor through the wall of the Gonaives prison.
		Metayer remained free and in control of much of the city of Gonaives in early December.
	hrw.org /wr2k3/americas7.html (2652 words)

	ALCA CMI::FTAA IMC\| The U.S. vs. Haiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On the night of September 21 Amiot Metayer, one of the popular heroes of the resistance against both the Duvalier and Cedras dictatorships, was pumped full of bullets and thrown in a ditch.
		Metayer always remained loyal to his people after Aristide’s return in 1994: he remained in the neighborhood, living in his parent’s very modest home in Raboteau.
		September 21: Amiot Metayer is slain and the opposition blames Aristide for the killing.
	www.ftaaimc.org /or/2004/01/3410.shtml (6028 words)

	USATODAY.com - Haiti's interim leader visits cradle of island rebellion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Metayer was the leader of the Cannibal Army street gang, and his death sparked the rebellion.
		Metayer's Cannibal Army gang ran the docks at Gonaives and was said to control drug-trafficking through the port.
		Metayer's brother, Butteur, assumed leadership of the gang; he claimed Aristide ordered his brother's killing to keep him from publicizing damaging information about him.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-20-haiti_x.htm (950 words)

	miaminewtimes.com \| \| Korten \| Haiti, Miami, and Violent Rebellion \| 2004-04-01
		Amiot Metayer was savagely shot through the eyes and heart.
		Amiot Metayer, the charismatic and popular leader of an armed group, had become an awkward problem for Aristide.
		Through the early months of 2003 Metayer's cohorts, once again unified with Aristide and Lavalas, were wantonly beating members of the opposition party in Gonaives.
	www.miaminewtimes.com /issues/2004-04-01/korten_1.html (1759 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Metayer's partisans in Gonaives this morning deny that the police have the situation under control.
		President Jean-Bertrand Aristide expressed sorrow over Metayer's death in the speech he gave yesterday prior to his trip to New York to participate in the UN General Assembly.
		There are two prospective leaders: Peter Metayer, Amiot Metayer's brother, and Jean Pierre mostly known as Jean Tatoun who was serving a life sentence when he escaped from jail the same day as Metayer last year.
	www.haitigetinvolved.com /news/bbc_92603_1.htm (3425 words)

	communique: news and views for the independent traveler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		As the locals remember it, Tatoune was the brawnier of the two, but Metayer was born with all the brains.
		Metayer was never above a trace of criminality: it was, after all, a fact of life in the slums he came from.
		Yet even this came off as something less than ideal: Metayer was arrested without a warrant, and government officials made several comments publically suggesting that he wouldn't be in jail at all were it not for Haiti's enemies "flmailing" her.
	www.diacritica.com /communique/content/issuethree/c.html (2033 words)

	Butteur Metayer, Haiti Street Gang Leader Arrested in Miami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Metayer's family told The Miami Herald that he arrived at Miami International Airport from Haiti on Nov. 28 for treatment of stomach pains and to see his mother.
		Family members told the newspaper that his passport and U.S. residency card were seized, and Metayer was told to appear at immigration headquarters in Miami the next day.
		Metayer was leader of the Cannibal Army, which turned on Aristide after gang leader Amiot Metayer, Butteur's brother, was assassinated last year, accusing the government of silencing him to prevent him from giving damaging information about Aristide.
	www.kwabs.com /artman/publish/printer_858.shtml (256 words)

	Afiwi.Com - Your Caribbean Online
		Amiot Metayer was arrested for arson on May 21 related to a gang attack in Gonaives.
		Metayer, was a longtime supporter of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and leader of the "Cannibal Army".
		Mesadieu said he saw Metayer initiate the order to kill his personal assistant Ramy Daran, who was subsequently doused with petrol (gasoline) and burned to death.
	www.afiwi.com /news2.asp?id=2488 (273 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- A Battle of Cannibals And Monsters -- Feb. 23, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The tomb of Haitian strongman Amiot Metayer, who was murdered in September, can be found in the middle of a seaside slum in the city of Gonaives.
		These days in Gonaives, Metayer's mourners have been making another kind of tribute to his memory: hunting down officials of the government, which they blame for Metayer's murder — in one case cutting off a policeman's ear.
		While the Front, now led by Amiot's brother Butteur, is motivated largely by revenge, the two other main players in the anti-Aristide camp say they oppose the President for his undemocratic ways and for driving the country deeper into poverty.
	time-proxy.yaga.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,1101040223-591296,00.html (807 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Amiot Metayer, who escaped from prison last year, backed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
		Metayer, 39, a longtime supporter of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and leader of the so-called Cannibal Army, was found Monday night.
		In May, a judge withdrew Metayer's arrest warrant, saying there were no grounds for the arson case against him.
	www.haitigetinvolved.com /news/mh_92403_1.htm (349 words)

	americas.org - Aristide Supporter Killed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The body of local activist Amiot (”The Cuban”) Métayer was found the night of September 22 on a country road in the Bas Gros Morne area of St.-Marc municipality in western Haiti, about an hour’s drive south of the city of Gonaïves, where Métayer had his political base.
		Amiot Métayer was a strong Aristide supporter who was hunted by the 1991-1994 military government which overthrew Aristide during his first term.
		More recently, Métayer led a pro-Aristide organization commonly known as the “Cannibal Army.” Observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) implicated him in arson attacks against Aristide opponents in December 2001 in which one man was burned to death, reportedly on Métayer’s orders.
	www.americas.org /item_8548 (481 words)

	Butteur Metayer Haitian Rebellion Leader Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Butteur Metayer, 34, died at his home in the northwestern city of Gonaives surrounded by family, said Winter Etienne, a former member of Metayer's Cannibal Army gang, whose rebellion was joined by ex-soldiers and toppled Aristide in February 2004.
		Metayer, a former Aristide ally, turned on the president after his brother, gang leader Amiot Metayer, was assassinated in 2003.
		Butteur Metayer had accused Aristide of ordering the killing to silence his brother and stop him publishing damaging information about the Haitian leader.
	www.kwabs.com /artman/publish/printer_1865.shtml (127 words)

	Afiwi.Com - Your Caribbean Online
		Amiot’s brother, Butter Metayer, say his murder was ordered by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who have denied the charge.
		Before Metayer's death, he was recognized as the leader of “The Cannibal Army” who often defended Aristide by issuing threats, using tough tactics against government opponents.
		Last week, Butter Metayer and company told local radio stations that the Cannibal Army was being renamed to “The Front for Aristide's Departure”, whose plans are to capture government officials in Gonaives, holding them hostage until Aristide resigns.
	www.afiwi.com /news2.asp?id=2529 (209 words)

	Amiot Métayer - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Amiot Métayer - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Amiot_Metayer (171 words)

	BBC Caribbean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The group of slain Haitian activist Amiot Metayer says it has liberated the city of Gonaives from government oppression.
		The Gonaives Resistance Front was formerly known as Cannibal Army and was aligned with President Aristide until their leader Amiot Metayer was shot last year.
		Aristide was elected to a second term as president in 2000, but the opposition said the vote was rigged and has steadily stepped up demonstrations in recent months.
	cgi.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2004/02/printable/040206_haitigonaives.shtml (339 words)

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