{"id":609400,"date":"2024-02-20T06:55:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T03:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/widow-of-assassinated-haitian-president-indicted-over-his-killing\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T06:55:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T03:55:41","slug":"widow-of-assassinated-haitian-president-indicted-over-his-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/widow-of-assassinated-haitian-president-indicted-over-his-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"#Widow of assassinated Haitian president indicted over his killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/6531df862072e5.14688817.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The widow of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was among the 51 people <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/haiti-martine-moise-indicted-claude-joseph-leon-charles-9b70e2dd91e7bbb48737df89f76a689d\">indicted<\/a> in connection to the 2021 killing on Monday, a major step forward for the case nearly three years after the fact.<\/p>\n<p>Martine Mo\u00efse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti\u2019s National Police L\u00e9on Charles were the most notable of those charged with crimes, alongside the mercenaries that went through with the attack and a number of the president\u2019s closest aides.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Mo\u00efse was killed in a raid on his Port-au-Prince home in June 2021 by a group of 28 foreign mercenaries, mostly Colombians. Martine Mo\u00efse was also shot during the attack but survived. The president\u2019s bodyguards were unharmed, raising suspicions that they were in on the assassination.<\/p>\n<p>The killing sent Haiti into political turmoil, which is only expected to worsen with <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> of the arrests. The country is crumbling under surging gang violence and violent protests demanding the resignation of Mo\u00efse\u2019s eventual successor, Acting President and Prime Minister Ariel Henry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 122-page report listing the charges is the product of five judges and years of investigation, with previous judges stepping down from the task citing intimidation and threats to their families.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles faces the most serious charges: murder; attempted murder; possession and illegal carrying of weapons; conspiracy against the internal security of the state; and criminal association. He is alleged to be one of the masterminds of the assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Martine Mo\u00efse and Joseph were charged with complicity and criminal association, that they knew about the risk to the president before the assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/haiti-martine-moise-indicted-claude-joseph-leon-charles-9b70e2dd91e7bbb48737df89f76a689d\">told The Associated Press<\/a> that the investigation and charges are part of Henry\u2019s efforts to centralize power in the Haitian government.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHenry \u2026 is weaponizing the Haitian justice system, prosecuting political opponents like me. It\u2019s a classic coup d\u2019\u00e9tat,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cThey failed to kill me and Martine Mo\u00efse on July 7th 2021, now they are using the Haitian justice system to advance their Machiavellian agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on the FBI and other foreign agencies to independently investigate the killing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t stop my fight. Justice must be served,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Two Americans were also among those charged in the assassination. Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian-American doctor and pastor living in Florida, was set to be Haiti\u2019s next president in the scheme, and fellow Haitian-American Joseph Vincent.<\/p>\n<p>Sanon and Vincent are among 11 suspects previously extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to the assassination. Three have already been sentenced.<\/p>\n<p>The judge\u2019s report alleges that the president\u2019s head of security was paid an $80,000 bribe to lower security on the night of the assassination, and to keep his men out of harm\u2019s way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>He noted how \u201cnone of the police providing security to the head of state was in danger. Unfortunately, the head of state was assassinated with ease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political turmoil in Haiti has only worsened since 2021, with extreme gang violence forcing the U.S. to nearly close its embassy in Port-au-Prince. The Haitian government announced last week that it is working to finalize a long-awaited police force led by Kenya to quell gang violence in the city.<\/p>\n<p>United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T\u00fcrk recently noted that more than 800 people were killed, injured or kidn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed across Haiti in January, more than three times the number compared with the same month in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2024 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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