1816 (The Capture of the Spy Franco Medina): King Christophe’s manifesto against Pétion makes reference to the fate of Franco Medina, an accomplice of the Fr…

1816 (The Capture of the Spy Franco Medina): King Christophe’s manifesto against Pétion makes reference to the fate of Franco Medina, an accomplice of the French commissioners who had been captured and detained by the Northern government. Medina was cited as a primary example of the “criminal intrigues” used by France to subvert the Haytian state from within. The King used Medina’s capture to demonstrate the vigilance of his administration and to warn other potential “spies” that they would face similar consequences. This incident served as a powerful rhetorical tool to frame the Southern regime’s diplomacy as a dangerous form of collaboration that threatened the very life of the republic.