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30 charged in killing of Haiti's president
US prosecutors indict mercenaries and American companies in the 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moise.
In brief
US prosecutors indict mercenaries and American companies in the 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moise. Thirty people including Colombian mercenaries and US-based company officials were indicted for the July two thousand twenty-one killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, allegedly motivated by profit and…
President killed in raid on home
Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead at his Port-au-Prince residence on July seven, twenty twenty-one. His wife Martine survived.
Mercenaries posed as DEA agents
Colombian mercenaries disguised as Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided Moise's home. An eighty-five page indictment alleges they killed him for personal gain.
US companies funded the operation
US-based companies funded travel for approximately eighteen Colombian nationals with military training to Haiti. They allegedly sought future infrastructure and security contracts.
Mercenaries motivated by profit
The indictment says mercenaries were motivated by private gain, not sent by any nation as official law enforcement or military. They were not state actors.
“individuals motivated to take part in a coup d'état and armed hostilities in Haiti by the desire for private gain”
Companies used fraudulent loans
CTU companies used Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan proceeds to recruit mercenaries. They also defrauded the US government.
Thirty indicted, arrests underway
US Attorney Jason Reding Quinones announced thirty indictments. FBI Miami and international partners are making arrests across multiple locations.
The one thing
Thirty people including Colombian mercenaries and US-based company officials were indicted for the July two thousand twenty-one killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, allegedly motivated by profit and infrastructure contracts.
