In a news conference, Haiti's justice minister said the detained people included a senior police official and a Supreme Court judge.

Ah judge was caught less than 48 hours ago.

He has been captured along with an inspector general of the police.

They were planning to arrest the president and invade the palace to install a provisional president who already has his speech prepared.

Later on Sunday, President Juvenal Moyes a said the plotters aim was a quote attempt on my life.

Moyes A has been accused of being a dictator who has done little to resolve the worst economic crisis in the Western Hemisphere.

The arrests follow opposition leaders this week announcing a plan to replace Moyes A with a new head of state instead of waiting for general elections scheduled for September.

Earlier on Sunday, anti government demonstrations also broke out across the Caribbean nation.

Police in Portal Prince responded with tear gas.

Moyes a has ruled by decree since mid January.

He plans to hold a referendum on amending the constitution later this year, which the opposition fears could give him too much power, although he has said he'll step down when his term expires in 2022.