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[ania]

une ressortissante haïtienne résidant aux Etats-Unis a été arrêtée à son arrivée à l'aéroport de Fort Lauderdale (Floride, sud-est) quand les douaniers ont découvert une tête humaine dans ses bagages, a-t-on appris vendredi de source policière.

Myrlene Severe, 30 ans, en provenance de Cap Haïtien (nord d'Haïti), a expliqué qu'elle avait besoin de cette tête qui portait encore des cheveux, de la peau et des dents, pour effectuer des rites vaudou.

Caraibes Fm

[haitiwebs]

The Miramar woman charged with intentionally smuggling a human head into the United States last week has been released from a federal detention center, her attorney Kenneth Hassett said today.

On Monday, Myrlene Severe posted the $10,000 needed for her $100,000 bond but was not released from jail until 10 a.m. today , Hassett said.

Severe, 30, also was charged with not having the proper paperwork for the skull, as well as bringing hazardous material on an airplane.

Severe was returning from a trip to Cap Haitien, Haiti, when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport spotted the skull. It was inside a rice bag with dirt, a rusted nail and a banana leaf.

Severe told officials that she got the ''package'' from a Haitian man and planned to use it to ward off evil spirits as part of her Vodou beliefs, according to an Immigration & Customs Enforcement affidavit.

Her arraignment is set for March 2 before U.S. Magistrate Barry S. Seltzer.

Miami Herald

[mezanmi]

Se pou blan an fout foye l tounen al manje yanm Okap. Sèten konpatriyot malpwop twòp. Yo la sèlman pou fè moun wont. Valè gwo jefò nou zòt ap fè tribòbabò sou latè pou rive viv an diyite nan peyi moun, ou pa wè madanm sa a gen madichon!

"Dats disgòstid"yokes

Antouka, depi w pa nan Jezi, pa gen betiz ou pa ka fè.

[Al Saqr]

BBC News

US immigration officials have arrested a Haitian woman after baggage screeners found a human head in her luggage at a Florida airport. Myrlene Severe, 30, has been charged with failing to declare the head on a customs form and transporting "hazardous material".

She arrived at Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport on Thursday on a flight from Cap Haitien in north Haiti.

Ms Severe said that the head was to ward off evil spirits, officials said.

"Severe stated that she had obtained the package, which contained a human head, from a male in Haiti for use as part of her voodoo beliefs," the US Attorney's Office said in a statement.

'Hair and skin'

A spokesman for Miami's immigration and customs agency told the AFP news agency that the head was not simply a skull.

"It had teeth, hair and skin, and quite a lot of dirt," she said.

Ms Severe, a US resident, appeared in court on Friday in Fort Lauderdale. She could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

The practice of voodoo, an Afro-Caribbean religion whose roots go back thousands of years, is still widespread in Haiti.

The Haitian government officially recognised voodoo as a religion in 2003.

[ania]

Mwen pa geneyn problem avek vodou se yon religion

men problem mwen ak dame sa

poki li bezwen ale fe bagay sa nan peyi moun yo li konen yo t'ap kimbe li

kounie an se yon moun yo touye oui pou yo van li tet sa

Ooooooooooo Bondye

[Al Saqr]

Originally Posted by ania

Mwen pa geneyn problem avek vodou se yon religion

men problem mwen ak dame sa

poki li bezwen ale fe bagay sa nan peyi moun yo li konen yo t'ap kimbe li

kounie an se yon moun yo touye oui pou yo van li tet sa

Ooooooooooo Bondye

Je n'ai pas de problème avec le vodou non plus, mais j'ai des problèmes avec l'opinion qu'auront les étrangers de nous après avoir lu ça.

Don't be surprised when they start a "chasse-aux-sorcières" and burn us all !!!

[Maeva002]

vodou a se pa sak ki pwoblem lan non pwoblem nan se moun sot paske si epav sa te gen bonsans li ta dwe jije ke si l pote tet san ko sa nan malet li yap kenbe l. Paske swit ak 9/11 sekirite sere nan tout epot isit. a la imbesil. sak pi vekse m nan se yon jenn fanm 30 tan kote bonsans li ye.

[ania]

bon sens li en bas pa pye li

[karizmua]

Severe,

It must be something with her name! She Could be suffering some "Severe" brain damage. No one in their right mind would do such act. At first they say she was a science student! Now the real truth came out.

[Maeva002]

Karizmua, I like that " she could be suffering some "Severe" brain damage. I like that.