Members of the Gonaives Resistance Front, remove the statue of General Alexandre Petion from the main square of Gonaives, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004. The rebels removed the statue because it was put in place for the Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
Haitians arrive at the port of Carrefour, in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 27, 2004. They were among 537 Haitians that were intercepted in the Caribbean by the US Coast Guard and returned to Haiti. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
An Haitian Guard Coast officer carries 4-year-old Belson Saint-Louis upon his arrival to the port of Carrefour, in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 27, 2004. Belson and his father Julien were among 537 Haitian boat people that were intercepted in the Caribbean by the US Coast Guard and returned to Haiti. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
642 Haitian migrants rescued in the Windward Pass sit on the deck of the 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter Valiant, based in Miami, Florida, while it refuels a 110-ft patrol boat, also conducting migrant interdiction operations, in this image released February 27, 2004. Photo by Reuters (Handout)
Haitian migrants rescued in the Windward Pass by the U.S. Coast Guard, February 27, 2004. Reuters
A Dominican Republic officer escorts relatives of diplomats to a helicopter at the Embassy compound in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. Three helicopters from the Dominican Republic evacuated people from the embassy. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
Foreigners are rushed to a Dominican Armed Forces helicpter, as they are evacuated from the Dominican Republic Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2004. (Reuters/Andrew Winning)
Some people were able to leave and not be sent back.