The leaders of the military regime ousted by U.S. forces now live outside Haiti along with some of their top associates.
- Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras, leader of the Haitian army, went into exile with his family in Panama, where he is reportedly writing his memoirs in a hotel. The U.S. government pays $5,000 a month in rent for his homes in Port-au-Prince and on the Mediterranean, and has unfrozen some of his U.S. bank accounts.He appears in public infrequently. He occasionally has been spotted at public beaches and shopping centers with his wife, Yannick. Their children attend an exclusive French school.
-Brig. Gen. Philippe Biamby, Cedras' second-in-command, went with Cedras to Panama. He lives in an expensive apartment in the nation's capital and is often seen jogging in the streets.
-Police Chief Michel Francois fled to the Dominican Republic, where his brother lives. He has been refused a residence visa but presumably extends his tourist visa at regular intervals.
-Emmanuel Constant, the outspoken leader of the paramilitary Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti, is believed to be in the United States.
-Franck Romain, a former police chief and Port-au-Prince mayor during the Duvalier family dictatorship, is believed to have fled to the Dominican Republic, where he has a branch of his construction business.