Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated — in attack on his residence

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Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated in attack on his residence


CNN
July 7, 2021


Haiti's President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country's acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph.

Joseph said in a statement that a group of unidentified individuals attacked Moise's home at around 1 a.m. and fatally wounded the head of state. The statement does not specify how the President was killed. Haiti's first lady was shot and is receiving treatment, he added.

The Prime Minister called the assassination a "heinous, inhumane and barbaric act" and called for calm.
"The security situation in the country is under the control of the Haitian National Police and the Haitian Armed Forces," the statement added. "All measures are being taken to guarantee the continuity of the State and to protect the Nation."

Moise was 53 years old. The former banana exporter was a controversial figure and spent most of the past year waging a political war with the opposition over the terms of his presidency.

Many in the country were disputing his right to continue serving in the presidency this year.

While the United States, United Nations and Organization of American States supported his claim to a fifth year in office, critics say he should have stepped down in February 7, 2021, citing a constitutional provision that starts the clock once a president is elected, rather than when he takes office.

Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated in attack on his residence

Haiti's President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country's acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has declared a state of seige in the country.

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Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in middle-of-the-night attack at his home

© PIERRE MICHEL JEAN/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS Haitian President Jovenel Moise walks on the tarmac of Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 7, 2020, as coronavirus aid from China arrives in a cargo plane.

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In a statement from the prime minister's office, Joseph said the attack occurred around 1 a.m. Wednesday, and some of the unidentified assailants spoke Spanish. The head of state, the statement said, was "fatally injured."

First Lady Martine Moïse was wounded and is being treated, the statement said.

The assailants claimed to be agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to videos taken by people in the area of the president's home. Moïse, 53, lives in Pelerin 5, a neighborhood just above the hills in the capital.

On the videos, someone with an American accent is heard saying in English over a megaphone, "DEA operation. Everybody stand down. DEA operation. Everybody back up, stand down."

Sources said the assailants, one of whom spoke in English with an American accent, were not with the DEA.

"These were mercenaries," a high-ranking Haitian government official said.

Residents reported hearing high-powered rounds fired with precision, and seeing men dressed in black running through the neighborhoods. There are also reports of a grenade going off and drones being used.

The president’s death will throw Haiti into further disarray. Moïse had faced mounting protests over his governance amid a deepening political and constitutional crisis, questions about his legitimacy and accusations that he used armed gangs to remain in power.

“There is no constitutional answer to this situation,” said Bernard Gousse, a former justice minister and legal expert.

There are only 10 elected officials in the country, all senators. Joseph, the current interim primer minister, has not been ratified by the country’s parliament and has resigned. The new prime minister Moïse appointed this week, Ariel Henry, has yet to be sworn in. There isn’t even a president of the Supreme Court: René Sylvestre, the president, died last week from COVID-19.

Haitians awoke to the news Wednesday morning in shock. Streets in the capital, normally teeming with vehicles and public buses, were empty and void of traffic. A photo of Moïse lying on the ground dead and covered in blood was circulating on social media.

The road leading to the entrance of the neighborhood of Pelerin, where the president’s residence is located, was blocked off.

In his statement, Joseph condemned what he described as an “odious, inhuman and barbaric act,” and has called a special security meeting. He called on the population to remain calm.

“The security situation in the country is under the control of the Haitian National Police and the Haitian Armed Forces,” the statement said.

The attack happened a day after Moïse named a new prime minister, Henry, to take charge as head of the government and prepare the country for elections in the next two months for president, a new parliament and local government officials.

Moïse entered office in 2017 and had been ruling by decree since January 2020.

 

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And nobody cares besides Haitians. Its more than a shame. Americans with Haitian parents dont have any real connection to the place they never been. They online saying "pray for Haiti" but have no clue how to organize even a demonstration to bring awarness to the violence there.

haitian American celebrities is pretty silent. An IG post today not much after. And thats who people follow for what to do next to help figure out how to stop this violence. This has been happening for decades now and still people do not care

 

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And nobody cares besides Haitians. Its more than a shame. Americans with Haitian parents dont have any real connection to the place they never been. They online saying "pray for Haiti" but have no clue how to organize even a demonstration to bring awarness to the violence there.

haitian American celebrities is pretty silent. An IG post today not much after. And thats who people follow for what to do next to help figure out how to stop this violence. This has been happening for decades now and still people do not care

What Haitian celebrities are there other than Wyclef?

 

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What Haitian celebrities are there other than Wyclef?

so you see the problem then. There is good amount of Haitian American celebrities. the problem is they are so disconnected no one knows. Maxwell for example.

 

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Heroic rebellion in Haiti demands ouster of U.S. puppet President...

The huge crowds are heroically taking to the streets to defend Haitian sovereignty from the murderous military forces and corrupt, corporate interests that dominate the Haitian government. #caribbean #haiti #internationalsolidarity

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Nearly every day over the last 15 months has seen thousands of Haitian demonstrators taking to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince and other major cities across the country to demand the resignation of U.S.-backed president Jovenel Moïse.

 

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I was listening to one fake pro black show, cut off a caller suggesting that he was a puppet of the U.S. that was killed. Than tried to overtalk the person to impose his view that the U.S. killed him. A U.S. puppet in one country is a threat to all countries in the region.





If Juan Guaidó was killed, you would not want that going out because it would discourage other people from taking similar actions of betraying their country. It would be better to say the U.S. killed him for opposing them.

Many of the white sycophants are unsure if their master can protect them and are becoming more low key.

 

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It should be no surprise that another country or block is getting involved in the affairs of Haiti. Weak shit that Africans did with whites ended up destroying many indigenous cultures such as giving them slaves.

Having a weak corrupt leader that is a puppet of the U.S. affects other countries in South America, look at Ecuador, Venezuela, and Honduras. I am dealing with many of them in the U.S., they just embolden whites to try it on other people.

You have to deal with a weak link, which is sadly us in many situation.

 

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Police say suspect in killing of Haiti’s Moïse planned to assume presidency






The Washington Post
Widlore Merancourt,
Samantha Schmidt
July 11, 2021


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Authorities said Sunday they have arrested a Haitian man suspected of playing a leading role in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, allegedly recruiting some of the assailants by telling them they would be his bodyguards.


Police said Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, planned to assume the presidency and hire some of the men as his security team. Sanon is reportedly a doctor with long-standing ties to Florida.

The announcement of his arrest came as senior FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials arrived in Haiti Sunday to discuss how the United States might assist after Moïse’s killing last week.

National Police Chief Léon Charles said Sanon landed in Haiti on a private plane in early June with “political objectives” and recruited a team through a Venezuelan security firm based in the United States. The team’s mission changed when one member was presented with an arrest warrant for Moïse.

The president was shot to death July 7 by what authorities have described as a team of commandos at his home in Port-au-Prince.

Sporadic gunfire erupted in Port-au-Prince over the weekend, piercing the relative calm that followed Moïse’s killing as violent gangs threatened to fill the power vacuum in a country that now has no clear leader. One powerful gang leader called his followers to the streets as residents shuttered their doors against the possibility of more bloodshed in a city already terrorized by criminal violence.

In the mystery and confusion immediately after Moïse’s assassination, the gangs gave the city something of a reprieve from the torrent of gunfire that has killed hundreds this year. But while answers remain elusive — the motive for the president’s killing remains unclear, and at least four men have claimed they’re in charge now — the peace has now been broken.

The city’s most powerful gang leader, Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, called followers into the streets in the coming days to demand “justice against this cowardly assassination carried out by foreign mercenaries in the country.” In a video message Saturday, the self-styled revolutionary asked other gang leaders to join him in the violence.

In Haiti, coronavirus and a man named Barbecue test the rule of law
One resident of the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Martissant, a journalist in his 20s, spoke of fleeing if conditions worsen.

“Anyone who stays in Martissant can be a victim any time,” said the man, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear for his safety. “Anyone who chooses to take the road knows there are three possibilities: Either you die, you’re wounded or you get home safe.”

The four men claiming leadership of the government include acting prime minister Claude Joseph and Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon whom Moïse appointed prime minister two days before his death. On Friday, members of the country’s nonfunctioning Senate voted to name the body’s leader, Joseph Lambert, as Haiti’s acting president. In February, one faction of the opposition declared Supreme Court Judge Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis interim president.

In Haiti, rivals claw for power as crisis escalates after assassination
Joseph, who has been recognized internationally but challenged at home, has asked the United States and the United Nations to send troops to help provide security. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Sunday the request was under review.

“We’re analyzing it, just like we would any other request for assistance here at the Pentagon,” he told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace.

Asked by Wallace whether the events in Haiti are a matter of U.S. national security, he said: “I don’t know that we’re at a point now where we can say” that.


Video: Two suspects held over Haiti President Moise's assassination (Reuters)




Police say suspect in killing of Haiti’s Moïse planned to assume presidency (msn.com)

 

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Florida-based doctor arrested, accused of playing leading role in assassination of Haiti's president

CATHERINE GARCIA
7/11/21

Haitian National Police Chief Léon Charles announced on Sunday that 63-year-old Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a doctor based in Florida, is suspected of playing a major role in last week's assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and has been arrested.

Moïse was shot and killed by gunmen who entered his home early last Wednesday morning. Charles said Sanon flew into Haiti in June and had "political objectives." He alleged that Sanon used a security firm to recruit some of the men involved in the assassination, telling them they would work as his bodyguards.

Haitian authorities say the hit squad that carried out the assassination was comprised of 28 people, with most soldiers from Colombia. So far, Haitian police have arrested 21 people in connection with Moïse's assassination, including two Haitian Americans who allegedly served as translators for the Colombians.

Police said that upon Moïse's death, Sanon intended to assume the presidency, The Washington Post reports. Under Haiti's constitution, the head of the Supreme Court is the president's successor, but the chief justice recently died of COVID-19 and hasn't been replaced. There are multiple people fighting to be Haiti's leader, including Claude Joseph, the acting prime minister, and neurosurgeon Ariel Henry, who was appointed prime minister by Moïse shortly before his assassination. On Friday, members of Haiti's senate, which is not functioning, voted and made its leader, Joseph Lambert, Haiti's acting president.


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Wife of Slain President Speaks Out

 

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Haiti gang leader 'Barbacue' threatens new violence

 

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White supremacists have a huge network of black saboteurs that are nervous, they want to reassure them at all costs by making false claims:

1. The U.S. government assassinated him.
2. A U.S. based doctor was going to kill the leader and take over

There are black assets unsure if white supremacists can protect them in their betrayal/undermining us. The U.S. wants to reassure them covertly using various tactics.

I have been picking up alot of code signaling such as falsely claiming that he opposed the U.S. and died. They will also use 6ix9ine as somebody that has not been harmed after betraying his gang, another coded message.

He was a U.S. puppet taken out for betraying his people, you can end up this way if you are one of the many clowns working with white supremacists.

 

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White supremacists have a huge network of black saboteurs that are nervous, they want to reassure them at all costs by making false claims:

1. The U.S. government assassinated him.
2. A U.S. based doctor was going to kill the leader and take over

You could be right -- but what do you have other than YOUR WORD on this ? ? ?

 

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I have been picking up alot of code signaling many of their assets are using, to bolster recruitment and promote their continued betrayal.

1. Falsely claiming that he opposed the U.S. and died. President Biden approved of his year extension in office where he tried to cement his power.
2. They will also use 6ix9ine (symbolic message) as a person that has not been harmed after betraying his gang. Look at how well protected and able to come into the hood unharmed with white police surrounding him.
3. There was a power struggle (bankrupt Haitian doctor in Florida) that desperately wanted to be President and not something sanctioned by the people to remove a puppet from power.
4. They are now talking about how wealthy some of their assets have become such as Lebron James being a billionaire.

Haitian crisis (2018–present) - Wikipedia

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Many aren’t aware that without Haiti’s help, many countries in Latin America would not have obtained their independence. Simon Bolivar arrived in Haiti in December 1815 downtrodden and accompanied by Venezuelan families and soldiers after being badly trampled by the Spaniards in Cartagena, Bolivia as he attempted to free South American countries which are now Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, modern Bolivia.

We can come get any of you at any time with your rent a cop detail by white supremacists.

Liberté!!!

 

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Haiti on Brink of Anarchy Amid Hunger,
Gang Violence and
Power Vacuum

After president’s murder, Haitians see U.S. calls for elections and restoring democratic order as a pipe dream


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Nearly half of the population on this island nation is facing acute hunger, while gang members block fuel distribution routes to the capital and scare away tourists from pristine beaches. In contrast to neighboring countries, Haiti has yet to administer a single vaccine against Covid-19.

A country that for much of its history has been stifled by poverty and strife is now mired in its worst crisis in a generation after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home last week in a murky attack the police blame on two dozen foreign mercenaries and a 63-year-old doctor they say wanted to be president.

Though Claude Joseph, the interim prime minister, says he is Haiti’s rightful leader, the Biden administration on Monday appeared to distance itself from him after a U.S. delegation traveled to the island over the weekend.

Officials from Homeland Security, the State Department and the National Security Council saw him and two other men with claims on power: Ariel Henry, whom Mr. Moïse had named as prime minister but who hadn’t taken office, and Senate President Joseph Lambert, the NSC said Monday.​

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“What was clear from their trip is that there is a lack of clarity about the future of political leadership,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. She said the administration remains in contact with “a range of leaders in Haiti about how we can assist.”​

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The U.S. shied from signaling support for one leader over the other. Last week, State Department spokesman Ned Price said the U.S. had been working with Mr. Joseph, referring to him as “the incumbent in the position.”

The visit by the Americans may be a prelude to an agreement between Mr. Joseph and Mr. Henry to work together to stabilize the country and pave the way for fresh elections, Mr. Henry told The Wall Street Journal on Monday, describing talks he has held with Mr. Joseph.

The Petion-Ville market in Port-au-Prince on Sunday, four days after the assassination of the Haitian president.


The U.S. has reiterated that American troops wouldn’t be deployed in Haiti, as they were in 1994 to return a deposed president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power. And U.S. officials have told Haitians that preserving democratic institutions and holding elections are key to restoring peace here.

But talk of an election seems like a pipe dream to many people in a nation that is teetering on collapse. The late Mr. Moïse had been ruling by decree for two years, and the country has no functioning parliament. The president of the Supreme Court died of Covid-19 last month.

Further complicating matters, electoral authorities were appointed unconstitutionally last year, said Pierre Espérance, a prominent human rights lawyer here.

Mr. Espérance, who in the past has worked closely with U.S. lawmakers, said American officials “push, they push, they push, a lot for an election this year. But we cannot have an election in this situation. There is no constitutional solution.”

He said the U.S. and its allies need to broker dialogue between Haiti’s civil society groups and its fragmented political parties to calm tensions and restore order. Nearly 70 people ran for president in 2015 elections. A runoff was delayed multiple times; and in 2016, Mr. Moïse won out of a pool of nearly 30 candidates.

A succession battle that has ensued with Mr. Moïse’s death promises to make the job of identifying leaders in Haiti’s politically fragmented establishment more challenging than usual. Even political nobodies are seemingly willing to fill the power vacuum.

The political uncertainty comes as police on Sunday said they arrested Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian doctor, for being a central figure in the assassination of Mr. Moïse. Authorities alleged that Mr. Sanon, who until June was living in Florida, wanted to take over as president. But many here didn’t even know him.

“I have no idea who this guy is,” said Andre Michel, the leader of a coalition of opposition political parties as he explained Haiti’s leadership crisis.

He accused the ruling government of working with gang leaders and corrupt businessmen, and said Mr. Moïse’s decrees had eroded the little that was left of Haiti’s democracy. Mr. Joseph’s government couldn’t be reached to comment on the allegations.

Mr. Michel said he feared the worst for his country without assistance from the U.S. and the United Nations, to both keep the peace on the ground and to encourage political leaders to work together.

“We’re talking about completely rebuilding a state,” Mr. Michel said at the offices of his political party Monday. Without electricity, he was sweating and fanning himself with a manila folder at his desk as he shouted at assistants to fix a power generator.

Haitians outside the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince on Monday.
PHOTO: MATIAS DELACROIX/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bringing politicians together to debate would only be an initial step in a long list of tasks needed to bring the streets under control. In recent months, rampant violence, including the burning of homes by ruthless crime syndicates, has forced thousands of Haitians to flee crowded slums in the south of Port-au-Prince, a mass displacement that the U.N. has described as a mounting humanitarian disaster.

For many Haitians, elections and even the prospect of stability in their country sound like fantasy as gang battles, the political breakdown and unemployment turn daily life into a nightmare.

Witney Sejour, a 25-year-old saleswoman here, said seeing dead bodies lying on the road on her way home from work has turned into an almost daily occurrence.

“I try to keep my head down and carry on my way,” Ms. Sejour said, describing the toll it has taken on her mental health.

“But when I lay down in bed at night I cry,” she said. “This whole country needs a psychological evaluation. I’m not asking to be rich. I just want stability.”

Others are improvising to get by. Nickenson Amos, a 30-year-old struggling to support his two small children, said he uses the little money he has to buy gasoline whenever it is available.

With gangs leaving major fuel truck routes in the south of the capital impassable, Mr. Amos spends his days standing outside of the city’s closed gas stations with a jug for fuel, waiting for them to open. Once they do, he buys gasoline and resells it to desperate motorists at five times the usual price.

His net earnings are still paltry. With crime out of control, he said few customers even venture out these days.

“It’s a horrible situation,” Mr. Amos said, adding that he hoped for a military incursion from abroad to restore order. “If they don’t come, we’re going to need a miracle.”


More WSJ coverage on the aftermath of the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, select by the editors:

• Two Haitian Adversaries Vying for Power Are Negotiating to Bring Stability, Elections (July 12)
• Slain Haitian President’s Security Was Lax, Neighbors Say (July 11)
• U.S. Won’t Send Troops to Haiti After President’s Killing, Officials Say (July 10)
• Colombian Suspects in Killing of Haitian President Are Army Veterans (July 9)
• Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home, Official Says (July 8)

Haiti on Brink of Anarchy Amid Hunger, Gang Violence and Power Vacuum - WSJ

 

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Police say suspect in killing of Haiti’s Moïse planned to assume presidency

The Washington Post

Police said Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, planned to assume the presidency and hire some of the men as his security team. Sanon is reportedly a doctor with long-standing ties to Florida.

What the American accused of plotting to kill Haiti's President told police
By Caitlin Hu, Etant Dupain and David Shortell, CNN

Updated 4:45 AM ET, Wed July 14, 2021


Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) Could the traveling pastor with a history of humanitarian work also have masterminded an intricate murder plot to seize power in Haiti?

Christian Emmanuel Sanon, the latest American citizen to be arrested in connection to the assassination of Haiti's President, has been accused by authorities of orchestrating a complex multinational hit job in order to realize his own political ambitions.

"He came with the intention to take over as President of the Republic," Haitian National Police Director General Leon Charles said of Sanon in a press conference on Sunday. He was also the first person one of the alleged men involved in the killing of President Jovenel Moise called after the attack," Charles said.​

The street where Sanon was arrested.

But Sanon has insisted on his innocence, according to a source close to the investigation who cannot be named because they are not authorized to discuss the affair.


The 63-year-old was arrested over the weekend during a police raid in an otherwise peaceful hilltop neighborhood in the capital Port-au-Prince, according to the source. The houses there are large and gated, and just a stone's throw away from the residence of acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who currently leads the country.

Inside a sprawling complex whose doors read "International Medical Village," police found boxes of ammunition and holsters for rifles and pistols, CNN's source said. According to a police statement, they also found 24 unused shooting targets, a cap labeled "DEA," and four Dominican Republic license plates. Judicial notices affixed to the property warn that it is now a sealed site amid the ongoing investigation.

Sanon told police that he had no knowledge of the attack on the President and that he hadn't known the weaponry and other seized materials were in the building, according to the source. He also told police that he was a Christian pastor, and emphasized that the building was neither his home nor his property, the source said.

Police have accused Sanon of recruiting the men who allegedly killed the President. One person who works nearby said they had noticed an uptick in activity during the past month, describing foreigners who were "muscular like bodyguards, wearing camouflage pants" frequently walking back and forth between the apparent medical complex and a house across the street.

But when asked about the 26 Colombians and two other Haitian-Americans who are suspects in the investigation, Sanon emphasized that "he doesn't know anything at all," according to the source. "He doesn't know. He doesn't know. This is what he said since the day authorities interviewed him."

Police have not announced any formal charges against Sanon, and it is not yet clear if Sanon has retained legal representation to address the charges. CNN was not able to reach him for comment.


WHO IS DR. CHRISTIAN SANON ? ? ?

'Dr. Christian Sanon: Leadership for Haiti'​

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According to police, Sanon was born in the seaside Haitian village of Marigot, and returned to the Caribbean country in June, on a private plane accompanied by hired guards.​

Though little is known about Sanon in the years preceding his arrest, publicly available information indicates he was involved in a range of charitable initiatives.​

In the early 2000s, Sanon helped to run medical clinics in Haiti for the Rome Foundation, a now-shuttered Florida-based non-profit that once carried out humanitarian work abroad.​

"Dr. Sanon offers not only medicine for the body but also medicine for the soul. Unwavering, Dr. Sanon gives the good news of Jesus Christ to those who are searching for real answers in a Satan-controlled country," reads a 2004 "leadership profile" posted on an archived version of the Rome Foundation's website.​

Larry Chadwell, the former president of the organization, told CNN in a brief interview that Sanon went to medical school in the Dominican Republic and was licensed to practice in Haiti but not the United States. A biography of Sanon posted by the Florida Baptist Historical Society says he graduated from the University Eugenio Maria de Hostos in the Dominican Republican.​

A person who worked with Sanon in the early 2000s, when Sanon was with the foundation, told CNN that Sanon, a minister, was a convincing speaker who was responsible for pulling in many donations to the organization. "He's very articulate, very believable," the person said.​

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Sanon also spearheaded an initiative within the organization to build a hospital in the Tabarre district, according to the person and Dr. Ludner Confident, a Haitian-born doctor who helped with the organization's fundraising.​

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Confident called Sanon a "legitimate humanitarian" and "somebody who was trying to help."​

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"The whole organization was made of Christian people who have a good heart to help the poor," Confident said.​

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But Sanon also had bigger ideas for Haiti. Videos posted to a YouTube account under the name of "Dr Christian Sanon" in August 2011, show Sanon saying the country needs "a new leadership that will change the way of life" in the country.​

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The video, labeled "Dr. Christian Sanon: Leadership for Haiti," also showed Sanon describing the country's leadership as corrupt, and appearing to slam then-President Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly as "weak" and "selling his soul."​

The investigation continues

With Sanon in custody, three US citizens have now been allegedly linked to the attack. James Solages and Joseph Vincent, both naturalized US citizens originally from Haiti, were detained last week.

Haitian police are currently in pursuit of 10 new local suspects, according to a Haitian government source. In total, at least 39 people have been implicated in the assassination so far.

The official Twitter account of Haitian National Police (PNH) named three of those suspects on Tuesday: Joseph Felix Badio, former Senator John Joel Joseph and Rodolphe Jaar (aka Dodof). Each is suspected of murder, attempted murder and armed robbery, according to the police notices, and were described by police as "armed and dangerous."

Several suspects also worked as US law enforcement informants, according to people briefed on the matter.

At least one of the men arrested in connection to the assassination by Haitian authorities previously worked as an informant for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA said in a statement in response to CNN.

"At times, one of the suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise was a confidential source to the DEA," the DEA said in a statement.

Following the assassination of President Moise, the suspect reached out to his contacts at the DEA. A DEA official assigned to Haiti urged the suspect to surrender to local authorities and, along with a US State Department official, provided information to the Haitian government that assisted in the surrender and arrest of the suspect and one other individual," the DEA said.

The DEA said it is aware of reports that some assassins yelled "DEA" at the time of their attack. The DEA said in its statement that none of the attackers were operating on behalf of the agency.

Other suspects also had US ties, including working as informants for the FBI, the people briefed on the matter said. The FBI said in response to CNN's reporting that it doesn't comment on informants, except to say that it uses "lawful sources to collect intelligence" as part of its investigations.
The US has sent senior FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents to assist in the investigation, and State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday that the US is still evaluating requests for assistance from the Haitian government, which has asked for troops to help protect key infrastructure in a country with rampant criminal violence.

"We are evaluating how best we can support the needs of the Haitian government at the moment. As I said, right now much of that focuses on the ongoing investigation into the killing of President Moise," he said. "In addition to the interagency team, the FBI and DHS have been engaged on the ground as well to determine the investigative assets and the investigative support that Haiti may need on this investigation."

Asked about the request for security assistance, Price said, "we know in this case there may be needs for protection in the context of critical infrastructure."

"We're taking a close look at that as well," he said Tuesday.

Reporting contributed by CNN's Natalie Gallon and Matt Rivers in Port-au-Prince, Mitchell McCluskey in Atlanta, and Evan Perez, Jennifer Hansler and Jasmine Wright in Washington.



Haiti: What the American accused of plotting to kill President Moise told police - CNN

 

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Haiti's first lady Martine Moise, wearing a bullet
proof vest, arrives home . . .

© Haiti's Secretary of State for Communication Photo/via AP Haiti's first lady Martine Moise, wearing a bullet proof vest and her right arm in a sling, arrives Saturday at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince.

 

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FOREIGN POLICY
Haiti faces uncertain future as mourning first lady returns
Martine Moïse did not make any public statement.

Haiti's first lady Martine Moise, wearing a bullet proof vest and her right arm in a sling, arrives Saturday at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince. | Haiti's Secretary of State for Communication Photo/via AP

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
07/18/2021 03:40 PM EDT


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s political future on Sunday grew murkier after the surprise return of first lady Martine Moïse, who was released from a hospital in Miami where she was treated for injuries following an attack in which the president was assassinated.

Martine Moïse did not make any public statements after she descended a private jet wearing a black dress, a black bulletproof vest, a black face mask and her right arm in a black sling as she mourned for President Jovenel Moïse, who was killed July 7 at their private home.

Some experts — like many in this country of more than 11 million people — were surprised at how quickly she reappeared in Haiti and questioned whether she plans to become involved in the country’s politics.


“The fact that she returned could suggest she intends to play some role,” said Laurent Dubois, a Haiti expert and Duke University professor. “She may intervene in one way or another.”

Martine Moïse arrived just hours after a prominent group of international diplomats issued a statement that appeared to shun interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, the man currently running the country with the backing of police and the military.​

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Joseph’s name was never mentioned in the statement made by the Core Group, composed of ambassadors from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the U.S., France, the European Union and representatives from the United Nations and the Organization of American States.​

The group called for the creation of “a consensual and inclusive government,” adding, “To this end, it strongly encourages the designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry to continue the mission entrusted to him to form such a government.”

Henry was designated prime minister a day before Jovenel Moïse was killed. He did not respond to requests for comment.


Haiti faces uncertain future as mourning first lady returns - POLITICO

 

[COINTELPRO]

Haiti legacy of brutally fighting white supremacy is another thing agents/black informants try to pimp out to bolster credibility. Sometimes it is used by clowns in the U.S. and in the case of Jovenel, he tried to do it with rejecting the vaccines.

We have all seen Civil Rights Leadership cosign Crime Bills and other bullshit at our detriment. Our win to gain equality can later be our curse with mass incarceration.

Black Caucus yields on crime bill

WASHINGTON — With the switch of at least three votes, the Congressional Black Caucus made clear yesterday that it would come to President Clinton’s rescue on the crime bill. After a mee…

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[COINTELPRO]

I believe he did something and the people felt some type of way about the betrayal.

 

[Politic Negro]

 

[theteacher]

I got pictures of his body.
THEY FUCKED HIM UP!!!!
gruesome as shit​

 

[QueEx]

U.S. charges political rival in Haitian president’s killing
John Joel Joseph was extradited from Jamaica to the United States on Friday.



A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise during his memorial ceremony
at the National Pantheon Museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 20, 2021. | Matias Delacroix/AP
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS
05/09/2022 09:17 PM EDT

MIAMI — A former Haitian senator is facing charges in the United States related to last year’s assassination of former Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, authorities said.

John Joel Joseph made his initial appearance Monday in Miami federal court, according to court records. The Haitian citizen was extradited from Jamaica to the U.S. on Friday to face charges of conspiring to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States and providing material support resulting in death, knowing or intending that such material support would be used to prepare for or carry out the conspiracy to kill or kidnap. He faces a possible life sentence.

According to a criminal complaint, Joseph and others, including about 20 Colombian citizens and several dual Haitian-American citizens, participated in a plot to kidnap or kill Haiti’s president, who was ultimately slain at his home in Haiti on July 7.

Joseph was arrested in Jamaica in January along with his wife and two sons.
In March, he agreed to be extradited to the U.S. Meanwhile, his family requested asylum in Jamaica, but it wasn’t clear if the government of the Caribbean island granted it. Joseph’s attorney, Donahue Martin, did not immediately return a message for comment.
According to a report from Haiti’s National Police that The Associated Press obtained last year, at least one person identified Joseph as one of the leaders accused of plotting Moïse’s assassination. The source said Joseph paid cash for rental cars that the suspects used and met with them ahead of the killing.
Joseph is one of more than 40 suspects arrested in the presidential slaying, and the third one to be extradited to the U.S. to face charges as the proceedings in Haiti languish, with at least two judges stepping down from the case.
The other two suspects recently extradited to the U.S. are Haitian-Chilean businessman Rodolphe Jaar, who was arrested in the Dominican Republic in January, and Colombian ex-soldier Mario Antonio Palacios, who was arrested in Jamaica in October.
Joseph is a well-known politician and an opponent of the slain president’s Tet Kale party.


U.S. charges political rival in Haitian president’s killing - POLITICO