14 July 2005
Jacques Roche
Shooting
Jacques Roche, the editor of the daily Le Matin's arts and culture section, was murdered and his body was found in a chair on a Port-au-Prince street, four days after he was kidnapped on the 10th July.
He was shot several times and his body bore the signs of torture. Roche, who also presents a TV programme, was kidnapped as he was driving in a car in the Nazon district of Port-au-Prince. When his kidnappers called the family to demand the 250,000 dollar ransom, Roche said he had been beaten.
