Haitian President’s wife charged in his assassination

The murder of President Jovenel Moise in 2021 is being examined by a judge in Haiti. The judge has accused his wife, the former prime minister, and a former police chief of being involved in the murder.

A 122-page document was leaked and published by a local media outlet. It says that the president’s widow, Martine Moise, and a former Prime Minister named Claude Joseph planned to kill the president so that she could take his place.

Judge Walther Wesser Voltaire said to arrest and put on trial about 50 people for shooting Moise at his home in July 2021. A group of around 20 attackers, many of them hired from Colombia, were there.

All the people accused were sent to the criminal court to be judged for crimes like planning together to commit a crime, stealing using weapons, causing fear in people, killing, and helping someone else to kill.

The document said that the former first lady’s statements about the attack were full of contradictions and couldn’t be trusted.

Joseph and the ex-leader of the national police, Leon Charles, were also found to have been involved in the killing. AyiboPost said that the document didn’t clearly show who was behind the assassination or who paid for it.

Moise has spoken out against unfair arrests on social media. Joseph told the Miami Herald that the Prime Minister was using the Haitian justice system to go after his enemies in a classic coup.

A person from Henry’s office said the judge can make decisions on his own according to the law and what he thinks is right.
Miami court case

A different trial for Moise’s murder is happening in Miami.

The United States decided it had the right to handle the case because part of the assassination plan was made in South Florida. 11 people are being charged with being involved in a murder.

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Six out of 11 people admitted to being part of a plan to send Colombian soldiers to capture Moise, but they later decided to change the plan and kill him instead.

The people who were planning secretly wanted to take out Moise and put Christian Emmanuel Sanon in charge instead, according to the US.

Since Moise’s death, Haiti has become even more chaotic. There hasn’t been an election and Moise is still the president.

Henry, who is the head of a group that disagrees with the current leaders, has postponed the elections for an unknown amount of time. He said it’s because there was a really bad earthquake and the criminal groups with lots of weapons are getting stronger. He asked for help from other countries.

Gangs are becoming a big problem in many parts of the country. They now control most of the capital city and the number of murders has more than doubled in the past year to almost 4,800, according to a report from the United Nations.

Kenya is getting ready to lead a team approved by the UN to help the police in Haiti. But other countries are cautious about helping because they are worried about past mistreatment by foreign missions and accusations against Haiti’s government.