Haitian lawyer for US Baptists denies bribe claim
The Haitian lawyer, Edwin Coq, denied the allegation. He said the $60,000 (€43,000) he requested from the Americans’ families was his fee.
Jorge Puello, the attorney in Dominican Republic retained by relatives of the 10 American missionaries after their arrest last week, told reporters that he fired Coq on Friday night. He had hired Coq to represent the detainees at Haitian legal proceedings.
