Haiti announces the arrest of the suspected mastermind of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse | He’s a doctor who resided in Miami

Authorities Haiti they announced the arrest of one of the suspected masterminds of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. This is a doctor who conspired to become head of state, habitually resident in Florida, United States, and entered Haitian territory in June.

Her name is Emmanuel Sanon, 63 years old. He has Haitian nationality and when he arrived in the country he was accompanied by several Colombians responsible for ensuring his security, according to details provided by the heads of the Haitian police during a press conference in attendance. of several ministers.

“This is an individual who entered Haiti on a private plane for political purposes», Declared Léon Charles, director of the National Police (PNH). “The mission was to arrest the President of the Republic and from there the operation was mounted: then 22 other people entered Haiti,” added Charles.

Assassination operation

Interrogations of the 18 Colombian citizens arrested last Wednesday, the very day of the murder, revealed to police that Sanon was the one who recruited the 26 members of the command through a Venezuelan security company called CTU, based in Florida. . .

“When we – the police – blocked the advance of these bandits after having committed their crime, the first person that one of the attackers called was Emmanuel Sanon”, noted the police officer. “He contacted two other people whom we consider to be the intellectual authors of the assassination of the president”, he added, without specifying the identity of these two suspects.

During the search of Sanon’s home, police found a DEA cap, a box of cartridges, 20 boxes of bullets, 24 unused shooting targets and four plates from the Dominican Republic.Charles pointed out.

On Sunday, the PNH reported the arrest of another former Colombian soldier, Gersaín Mendivelso Jaimes, bringing 18 citizens of this origin arrested for their involvement in the assassination. In addition, the PNH published a list with the 20 names of the suspects detained and identified as of Sunday afternoon.

Of the 28 people who were part of the command responsible for the murder of Moses, five Colombians were still at large and three were killed, authorities said.

FBI intervention

U.S. officials from the FBI, State Department, Justice Department and U.S. Department of Homeland Security arrived in Haiti on Sunday and met with the director general of the PNH.

The US delegation held separate meetings with key local political actors, including Prime Minister Claude Joseph. “I met the American delegation and together we appreciate the resolution of the Senate which elected me interim President of the Republic,” Senate President Joseph Lambert tweeted on Sunday.

Four days after the assassination of the Head of State, gray areas persist over the murder of Jovenel Moïse, attacked at his heavily guarded private residence.

Institutional debate

The opposition demanded the removal of the slain president on the grounds that his term ended on February 7, while the president insisted on February 2022 as the end of his term.

The country is due to hold presidential, legislative and local elections this year, as well as a constitutional referendum in September, twice postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The electoral calendar, which provides for the vote for the election of a new president in September, was confirmed on Saturday by the authorities.