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Jean Ernest Muscadin is a Haitian public prosecutor in [[Miragoâne]].
Jean Ernest Muscadin is a Haitian public prosecutor in [[Miragoâne]].
== Early Life ==
== Early Life ==
Born in the 1970s in [[Les Cayes]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saint-Louis |first=Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella |date=2025-11-18 |title=Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/11/18/muscadin-un-report-extrajudicial-killings/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}}</ref>, Muscadin studied at L’école National Michel Lazard from 1980 to 1986, then going to Lycée Philippe Guerrier in Les Cayes and graduating from Lycée Jean Jacques Dessalines in [[Port-au-Prince]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adely |first=Molière |date=2022-06-07 |title=Qui est Ernest Muscadin ? |url=https://ayibopost.com/qui-est-ernest-muscadin/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=AyiboPost |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Muscadin received his degree in law from l’École de Droit et des Sciences économiques des Cayes in 2004, allegedly completing his thesis on the need for the death penalty in Haiti, which was made illegal by the [[Constitution of Haiti|Constitution of 1987]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adely |first=Molière |date=2022-06-07 |title=Qui est Ernest Muscadin ? |url=https://ayibopost.com/qui-est-ernest-muscadin/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=AyiboPost |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
Born in the 1970s in [[Les Cayes]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saint-Louis |first=Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella |date=18 |title=Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/11/18/muscadin-un-report-extrajudicial-killings/ |access-date=2025 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}}</ref>, Muscadin studied at L’école National Michel Lazard from 1980 to 1986, then going to Lycée Philippe Guerrier in Les Cayes and graduating from Lycée Jean Jacques Dessalines in [[Port-au-Prince]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adely |first=Molière |date=2022 |title=Qui est Ernest Muscadin ? |url=https://ayibopost.com/qui-est-ernest-muscadin/ |access-date=2025 |website=AyiboPost |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Muscadin received his degree in law from l’École de Droit et des Sciences économiques des Cayes in 2004, allegedly completing his thesis on the need for the death penalty in Haiti, which was made illegal by the [[Constitution of Haiti|Constitution of 1987]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adely |first=Molière |date=2022 |title=Qui est Ernest Muscadin ? |url=https://ayibopost.com/qui-est-ernest-muscadin/ |access-date=2025 |website=AyiboPost |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
== Career ==
== Career ==
Muscadin was installed as Government Commissioner by the [[Jovenel Moïse]] administration on January 31, 2020. After his appointment, several local lawyers in Miragoâne protested the choice, declaring that he was unfit for the position. He has come under fire from human rights groups for extrajudicial repression of government opponents, including arresting demonstrators, and, in one case, personally using physical force on a woman illegally selling fuel by the gallon.<ref>{{Cite news |last=RESEAU NATIONAL DE DÉFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS (RNDDH) |date=January 22, 2021 |title=”Press Release: Systematic repression of freedom of movement and expression / Illegal and arbitrary arrests: RNDDH warns President Jovenel Moïse and his team.” |url=https://web.rnddh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2-CP-violations-DH-22Jan2021-ENG.pdf |access-date=December 3, 2025 |work=RESEAU NATIONAL DE DÉFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS (RNDDH) |pages=3-4}}</ref>
Muscadin was installed as Government Commissioner by the [[Jovenel Moïse]] administration on January 31, 2020. After his appointment, several local lawyers in Miragoâne protested the choice, declaring that he was unfit for the position. He has come under fire from human rights groups for extrajudicial repression of government opponents, including arresting demonstrators, and, in one case, personally using physical force on a woman illegally selling fuel by the gallon.<ref>{{Cite news |last=RESEAU NATIONAL DE DÉFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS (RNDDH) |date=January 22, 2021 |title=”Press Release: Systematic repression of freedom of movement and expression / Illegal and arbitrary arrests: RNDDH warns President Jovenel Moïse and his team.” |url=https://web.rnddh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2-CP-violations-DH-22Jan2021-ENG.pdf |access-date=December 3, 2025 |work=RESEAU NATIONAL DE DÉFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS (RNDDH) |pages=3-4}}</ref>
In 2023, Muscadin received a reprimand from the [[Ministry of Justice (Haiti)|Ministry of Justice]] for acting without following higher orders and ordering individuals to block a public highway without authority from his superiors, as well as unprofessional behavior in his interrogations of suspects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haiti – Justice : Two Government Commissioners receive a reprimand from the Ministry of Justice – HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7 |url=https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41235-haiti-justice-two-government-commissioners-receive-a-reprimand-from-the-ministry-of-justice.html |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=HaitiLibre.com}}</ref>
In 2023, Muscadin received a reprimand from the [[Ministry of Justice (Haiti)|Ministry of Justice]] for acting without following higher orders and ordering individuals to block a public highway without authority from his superiors, as well as unprofessional behavior in his interrogations of suspects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haiti – Justice : Two Government Commissioners receive a reprimand from the Ministry of Justice – HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7 |url=https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41235-haiti-justice-two-government-commissioners-receive-a-reprimand-from-the-ministry-of-justice.html |access-date=2025 |website=HaitiLibre.com}}</ref>
In the ongoing [[Haitian crisis (2018–present)|crisis in Haiti]], Muscadin has emerged as a public figure due to his hardline approach to gang violence. In August 2025, news that Muscadin might be dismissed from his post resulted in demonstrations in Miragoâne supporting him, arguing that he was helping to keep the area safe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mobilization in Les Cayes against the announced revocation of Jean Ernest Muscadin {{!}} The Canada-Haiti Information Project |url=https://canada-haiti.ca/content/mobilization-les-cayes-against-announced-revocation-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=canada-haiti.ca}}</ref> In November 2025, a United Nations report accused him of carrying out at least 28 summary executions of suspected gang members through September 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saint-Louis |first=Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella |date=2025-11-18 |title=Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/11/18/muscadin-un-report-extrajudicial-killings/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In one of these executions, Muscadin allegedly shot an armed man himself in the middle of the street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/261777/miragoane-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-defend-commissioner-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=lenouvelliste.com |language=fr}}</ref> Despite these allegations from the United Nations and human rights groups, Muscadin continues to enjoy popular support in Miragoâne, and the release of the UN report prompted further protests in his defense.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/261777/miragoane-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-defend-commissioner-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=lenouvelliste.com |language=fr}}</ref> One local lawyer described the allegations as “political persecution”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/261777/miragoane-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-defend-commissioner-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=lenouvelliste.com |language=fr}}</ref>, and residents of the area have dubbed him the “people’s prosecutor”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saint-Louis |first=Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella |date=2025-11-18 |title=Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/11/18/muscadin-un-report-extrajudicial-killings/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Muscadin has defended his actions, saying, “All individuals killed in [[Nippes]] are murderers, terrorists.”<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |last=Saint-Louis |first=Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella |date=2025-11-18 |title=Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/11/18/muscadin-un-report-extrajudicial-killings/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
In the ongoing [[Haitian crisis (2018–present)|crisis in Haiti]], Muscadin has emerged as a public figure due to his hardline approach to gang violence. In August 2025, news that Muscadin might be dismissed from his post resulted in demonstrations in Miragoâne supporting him, arguing that he was helping to keep the area safe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mobilization in Les Cayes against the announced revocation of Jean Ernest Muscadin {{!}} The Canada-Haiti Information Project |url=https://canada-haiti.ca/content/mobilization-les-cayes-against-announced-revocation-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025 |website=canada-haiti.ca}}</ref> In November 2025, a United Nations report accused him of carrying out at least 28 summary executions of suspected gang members through September 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saint-Louis |first=Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella |date=18 |title=Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/11/18/muscadin-un-report-extrajudicial-killings/ |access-date=2025 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In one of these executions, Muscadin allegedly shot an armed man himself in the middle of the street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/261777/miragoane-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-defend-commissioner-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025 |website=lenouvelliste.com |language=fr}}</ref> Despite these allegations from the United Nations and human rights groups, Muscadin continues to enjoy popular support in Miragoâne, and the release of the UN report prompted further protests in his defense.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/261777/miragoane-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-defend-commissioner-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025 |website=lenouvelliste.com |language=fr}}</ref> One local lawyer described the allegations as “political persecution”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/261777/miragoane-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-defend-commissioner-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025 |website=lenouvelliste.com |language=fr}}</ref>, and residents of the area have dubbed him the “people’s prosecutor”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saint-Louis |first=Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella |date=18 |title=Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/11/18/muscadin-un-report-extrajudicial-killings/ |access-date=2025 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Muscadin has defended his actions, saying, “All individuals killed in [[Nippes]] are murderers, terrorists.”<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |last=Saint-Louis |first=Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella |date=18 |title=Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/11/18/muscadin-un-report-extrajudicial-killings/ |access-date=2025 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
Muscadin has since been suggested as a possible candidate for [[2026 Haitian general election|Haiti’s planned elections in 2026]]. Although he has not declared his candidacy, protestors and members of the [[Haitian diaspora]]<ref name=”:0″ /> supporting him have called for him to run, with one protestor declaring, “Today, we are no longer talking about the commissioner, but rather President Muscadin. Everyone wants him to be the president of the country. We don’t want people who lack backbone.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/261777/miragoane-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-defend-commissioner-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=lenouvelliste.com |language=fr}}</ref>
Muscadin has since been suggested as a possible candidate for [[2026 Haitian general election|Haiti’s planned elections in 2026]]. Although he has not declared his candidacy, protestors and members of the [[Haitian diaspora]]<ref name=”:0″ /> supporting him have called for him to run, with one protestor declaring, “Today, we are no longer talking about the commissioner, but rather President Muscadin. Everyone wants him to be the president of the country. We don’t want people who lack backbone.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/261777/miragoane-thousands-take-to-the-streets-to-defend-commissioner-jean-ernest-muscadin |access-date=2025 |website=lenouvelliste.com |language=fr}}</ref>
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Jean Ernest Muscadin is a Haitian public prosecutor in Miragoâne.
Early Life
Born in the 1970s in Les Cayes[1], Muscadin studied at L’école National Michel Lazard from 1980 to 1986, then going to Lycée Philippe Guerrier in Les Cayes and graduating from Lycée Jean Jacques Dessalines in Port-au-Prince in 1996.[2] Muscadin received his degree in law from l’École de Droit et des Sciences économiques des Cayes in 2004, allegedly completing his thesis on the need for the death penalty in Haiti, which was made illegal by the Constitution of 1987.[3]
Career
Muscadin was installed as Government Commissioner by the Jovenel Moïse administration on January 31, 2020. After his appointment, several local lawyers in Miragoâne protested the choice, declaring that he was unfit for the position. He has come under fire from human rights groups for extrajudicial repression of government opponents, including arresting demonstrators, and, in one case, personally using physical force on a woman illegally selling fuel by the gallon.[4]
In 2023, Muscadin received a reprimand from the Ministry of Justice for acting without following higher orders and ordering individuals to block a public highway without authority from his superiors, as well as unprofessional behavior in his interrogations of suspects.[5]
In the ongoing crisis in Haiti, Muscadin has emerged as a public figure due to his hardline approach to gang violence. In August 2025, news that Muscadin might be dismissed from his post resulted in demonstrations in Miragoâne supporting him, arguing that he was helping to keep the area safe.[6] In November 2025, a United Nations report accused him of carrying out at least 28 summary executions of suspected gang members through September 2025.[7] In one of these executions, Muscadin allegedly shot an armed man himself in the middle of the street.[8] Despite these allegations from the United Nations and human rights groups, Muscadin continues to enjoy popular support in Miragoâne, and the release of the UN report prompted further protests in his defense.[9] One local lawyer described the allegations as “political persecution”[10], and residents of the area have dubbed him the “people’s prosecutor”.[11] Muscadin has defended his actions, saying, “All individuals killed in Nippes are murderers, terrorists.”[12]
Muscadin has since been suggested as a possible candidate for Haiti’s planned elections in 2026. Although he has not declared his candidacy, protestors and members of the Haitian diaspora[12] supporting him have called for him to run, with one protestor declaring, “Today, we are no longer talking about the commissioner, but rather President Muscadin. Everyone wants him to be the president of the country. We don’t want people who lack backbone.”[13]
References
- ^ Saint-Louis, Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella (November 18, 2025). “Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings”. The Haitian Times. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Adely, Molière (June 7, 2022). “Qui est Ernest Muscadin ?”. AyiboPost (in French). Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ^ Adely, Molière (June 7, 2022). “Qui est Ernest Muscadin ?”. AyiboPost (in French). Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ^ RESEAU NATIONAL DE DÉFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS (RNDDH) (January 22, 2021). ““Press Release: Systematic repression of freedom of movement and expression / Illegal and arbitrary arrests: RNDDH warns President Jovenel Moïse and his team.”“ (PDF). RESEAU NATIONAL DE DÉFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS (RNDDH). pp. 3–4. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ^ “Haiti – Justice : Two Government Commissioners receive a reprimand from the Ministry of Justice – HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7”. HaitiLibre.com. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ^ “Mobilization in Les Cayes against the announced revocation of Jean Ernest Muscadin | The Canada-Haiti Information Project”. canada-haiti.ca. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ^ Saint-Louis, Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella (November 18, 2025). “Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings”. The Haitian Times. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ “Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin”. lenouvelliste.com (in French). Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ^ “Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin”. lenouvelliste.com (in French). Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ^ “Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin”. lenouvelliste.com (in French). Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ^ Saint-Louis, Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella (November 18, 2025). “Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings”. The Haitian Times. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Saint-Louis, Fredner Cayemitte, Daniella (November 18, 2025). “Blood on his hands, votes in his future? Muscadin’s popularity surges as UN accuses him of extrajudicial killings”. The Haitian Times. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ “Miragoâne: Thousands Take to the Streets to Defend Commissioner Jean Ernest Muscadin”. lenouvelliste.com (in French). Retrieved December 3, 2025.
