A former Haitian mayor has been arrested in the United States on three charges of visa fraud, a day after a court ordered him to pay $15.5m for his alleged role in the violent persecution of his political rivals.Jean Morose Viliena, 50, is expected to appear before a federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, shortly after being detained on immigration-related charges on Wednesday. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.In a statement, the US Attorney’s Office denounced the “horrific violence” the former mayor had committed in his home country of Haiti as leader of the commune of Les Irois, which is located on the island’s southwestern peninsula.
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