# 30 charged in killing of Haiti's president

> US prosecutors indict mercenaries and American companies in the 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moise.
- Title: 30 charged in killing of Haiti's president · ABC News
- Summary: US prosecutors indict mercenaries and American companies in the 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moise. Thirty people including Colombian mercenaries and…
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## 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.
## Key takeaway

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.