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Testimony in Miami trial details final hours before Haiti president was killed

Actualité Zile News
“We acted illegally against a power that was in place illegally.” During more than three days of testimony in a federal trial in Miami, former senator Joseph Joël John details efforts to depose Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

Prosecutors map out South Florida links to Haiti president’s assassination

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In the days after Haiti President Jovenel Moïse was brazenly shot to death in his hillside home above Port-au-Prince more than four years ago, federal agents fanned out across South Florida in search of a connection. They served search warrants at the homes and businesses of four individuals: two operators of a Miami-Dade security firm that hired the former Colombian soldiers accused of the killing, a Broward businessman who had allegedly financed their airline tickets, and a Tampa man who shipped ballistic vests to Haiti.

FBI’s search of slain Haiti president’s crime scene draws scrutiny in Miami trial

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The FBI case agent assigned to the assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, testified Monday in Miami federal court that he never dusted for fingerprints or swabbed for DNA at the crime scene more than four years ago. “We did the best we could while we were at the residence, but timing was a factor,” FBI special agent Martin Suarez said.

Forensic expert: Haiti president was shot a dozen times, died from bullet to the heart

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Haitian President Jovenel Moïse died from a gunshot to the heart after his body had already been riddled with bullets during the brazen July 7, 2021, attack on his home, Haiti’s top forensic expert testified Thursday in Miami federal court.

Wife of Haiti’s slain president sobs as she testifies about his assassination

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Wearing a black dress, the wife of Haiti’s slain president immediately began to sob on Tuesday as the U.S. government’s star witness testified against four South Florida men standing trial on charges of conspiring to kill her husband more than four years ago at the couple’s home outside Port-au-Prince. “I am Martine Moïse, I am Mrs. Jovenel Moïse, who was assassinated at our house,” she testified in Miami federal court, as she burst into tears in mid-sentence.
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Léon XIV appelle à la libération des otages de Kenscoff, en Haïti

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le Pape, ce dimanche, exprime sa «proximité dans la prière aux victimes et à leurs proches» et demande la libération «sans délai» de «tous les otages». «J’adresse un appel du fond du cœur à tous les responsables afin qu’ils s’engagent concrètement pour garantir la sécurité de la population et mettre fin à toute forme de violence»,

Haïti: vague d’indignation et appels à l’action au Conseil de sécurité après le massacre de Kenscoff, « nouvelle atrocité effroyable »

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Cette dernière attaque survient à un moment critique de la transition politique en Haïti, a relevé le Représentant spécial.  De son avis, « sans une amélioration des conditions de sécurité, les efforts visant à renforcer la gouvernance, à accélérer le processus politique et à faire avancer les préparatifs électoraux resteront fortement limités et vulnérables aux revers ».

Haiti: Urgent Briefing

International
This afternoon (28 August), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Haiti. The urgent meeting was requested by Panama and the US (the penholders on Haiti), together with Colombia, after an overnight gang attack between 23 and 24 August in the commune of Kenscoff killed dozens of people. Special Representative and Head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) Carlos Ruiz Massieu and Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Indrika Ratwatte are the anticipated briefers. Haiti and Brazil are expected to participate in the meeting under rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure.

Haïti : plus de 400 000 électeurs déjà inscrits, le processus électoral accélère à moins de quatre mois du scrutin

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Le franchissement du seuil des 400 000 inscrits constitue ainsi un indicateur important, mais il ne permet pas encore, à lui seul, de mesurer le degré de préparation du scrutin. La question sera désormais celle de la fiabilité et de la transparence du registre électoral : combien de citoyens seront finalement inscrits, combien d'inscriptions seront validées après vérification, quelle sera la couverture territoriale du registre et dans quelle mesure les électeurs pourront-ils effectivement accéder aux bureaux de vote le jour du scrutin ?