Haiti: the investigation into the murder of Jovenel Moise is progressing but many questions remain to be resolved

The criminal investigation into the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise has made significant progress, but there is still a lot of questions to be specified when this Wednesday will be filled two weeks after the assassination.

The assassination was committed, according to investigations, by a command of 26 Colombian mercenaries who broke into the presidential residence in the early morning of July 7., without encountering resistance by the security forces guarding the mansion, located in the area of Pilgrim, sure Puerto The prince.

These are the main conclusions of the Haitian police, in an investigation in which they collaborate with the authorities of United States Yes Colombia, country from which a large number of those arrested come.

On the attack, Moise and his wife, Martine, was injured, who has already left Miami hospital (USA) which dealt with the injuries suffered and returned to Haiti to organize her husband’s funeral, scheduled for this Friday in the city of Cap-Haitien, in the north of the country.

The figures of the police operation

For the time being, 26 people were arrested, including 18 Colombians, mostly retired military, as well as two Haitian police officers and six civilians, some with Double nationality WE.

Three more Colombians died in shootings with Haitian police which took place within two days of the crime.

At least 10 suspects are on the run, including 5 Colombians and 5 other Haitians, the latter accused of having participated in the planning.

Police applied precautionary measures against 23 of the security guards at Moise’s residence on the night of the attack., including 7 who are “in isolation”, although not formally detained.

The main characters

Christian Emmanuel Sanon: doctor residing in the United States. Supposed brain of the operation. According to the version of the Haitian Police, he aspired to assassinate Moise to replace him as head of state. You are under arrest.

Joseph Felix Badio: former official of an anti-corruption body under the Ministry of Justice. He is appointed as the coordinator of the field operation. He is considered the most dangerous of the fugitives.

Dimitri Hérard: head of security at the presidential palace. He made several trips to Colombia this year, for unknown reasons. He is one of the isolated police officers.

Antonio Emmanuel Intriago Valera: Venezuelan, director of the American company CTU Security. Suspected of having hired Colombian mercenaries. He was not arrested.

The black points of the plot

The money trail is the main focus of research at the moment and is considered a fundamental point to discover those responsible for having paid for it complex Yes millionaire surgery.

For the moment, the police have indicated a United States-based loan company, Worldwide Capital Lending Group, for allegedly funding the transaction and accuses the former senator Jean Joël Joseph, missing, being the treasurer.

One of the points of the investigation that generates the most disbelief in Haiti is the version that the Police have proposed on the supposed plans of Doctor Sanon take the presidency after the assassination.

Doubts arise because it was not explained how he intended to articulate this alleged plan and the fact that Sanon, a resident of Florida, he was completely unknown in the political circles of his country of origin.

The Haitian Police also did not elucidate the sequence of events on the night of the crime and he always locks the images of the security camera of Moise’s residence, this would help shed light on the role of the officers guarding it.

In all cases, Police already consider it a fact that several agents of the armed forces participated in the plot to kill Moses.

(With information from EFE)

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