Why is Martine Moïse accused of complicity in the murder of her husband, the president of Haiti?

On July 7, 2021, when the president of Haiti, Young Moseswas murdered in his home in Port-au-Prince, his wife Martine Moisés he was hurt. More than two years later, since this Monday she began to appear as an accomplice to the murder. In addition to the widow, other prominent Haitian politicians were formally accused of conspiring to end the president’s life.

In his 122-page report, the Haitian judge Walter Wesser Voltaire He accused Martine Moïse of complicity and criminal association to commit the murder.

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Along with the widow, 50 other people were accused, including the former Prime Minister of Haiti. Claudio José and the former head of the National Police Leon Carloswho today acts as permanent representative of the Caribbean country at the Organization of American States (OAS)noted the EFE agency.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry walks with First Lady Martine Moïse as they leave the Catholic funeral ceremony for President Jovenel Moïse on July 22, 2021. (Photo by Valerie Baeriswyl/AFP). (VALÉRIA BAERISWYL/)

Joseph faces the same charges as Martine Moiséswhile Carlos faces charges of murder, attempted murder, illegal possession and carrying of weaponsconspiracy against the internal security of the State and association to commit a crime.

Among those accused are 17 Colombians, as well as Haitian-Americans Christian Emmanuel Sanon, James Solage and Joseph Vincent; Likewise, Moïse’s coordinator and head of security, Jean Laguel Civil and Dimitri Hérard, respectively; the former agent of the Anti-Corruption Unit José Félix Badio and former ministers Ardouin Zéphirin and Louis Edner Gonzague Day.

The judge Walter Wesser Voltaire He is the fifth magistrate to lead the investigation after all the previous ones resigned for various reasons, including fear of being murdered, according to the AP agency.

The judge’s report does not identify the intellectual authors of the murdernor who could finance it.

Martine Moise cries during the funeral of her husband, assassinated Haitian president Jovenel Moise, on July 23, 2021. (Photo by Valerie BAERISWYL/AFP). (VALÉRIA BAERISWYL/)

According to the investigating judge’s report, the statements of the widow about the assassination of the president “they are so full of contradictions “that leave a lot to be desired and discredit him.”

According to the accused José Félix Badioaround the president moisés Several interest groups were forming in the National Palace and everyone wanted to get rid of him to take power. Among them was his wife Martine Moїse and Claude Joseph.

As evidence against Martine Moisésthe judge Voltaire quotes a statement of the former secretary general of the National Palace, Lyonel Valbrun. He told authorities that he received “strong pressure” from the first lady to make the presidential office available to him. Claudio José because he needed her to “organize a council of ministers.”

Valbrun She also testified that two days before her husband was murdered, Martine Moisés He visited the National Palace and spent almost five hours there – from 10 pm to 3 am – removing “a lot of stuff”.

He stated that two days after the president’s death, Martine Moisés called him to say that “Young He didn’t do anything for us. You have to open the office. The president told Ti Klod to create a council of ministers; “He will hold elections within three months so that I can become president… now we will have power.”

Although the document does not identify Ti Klodformer prime minister Claudio José He is known by that name, according to the AP agency.

In his report, the judge further stated that Martine Moisés “He implied” that he took refuge under the bed to protect himself from the attackers, but noted that the authorities present at the scene found that “not even a giant rat… whose size is between 35 and 45 centimeters” could fit under it . . from the bed.

The First Lady of Haiti, Martine Moise, speaks at the funeral of her husband, President Jovenel Moise, murdered in his home in the early hours of July 7. (EFE/ Jean Marc Hervé Abelardo).

When her husband was murdered, Martine Moisés suffered gunshot wounds to the arms and thigh, in addition to serious injuries to the hands and abdomen. After being admitted to Port-au-Prince General Hospital, she was evacuated to the United States to be treated at a hospital in Miami.

In the same month of July 2021, he returned to his country in a surprising way. Today his whereabouts are unknown. Her legal defense ensures that she remains hidden for security reasons.

The murder of Jovenel Moise. (AFP).

When he testified to investigators about the crime, Martine Moisés He said that at 1am on July 7, 2021 he began to hear a large number of gunshots. The explosions continued for 30 or 45 minutes until armed men broke into his room.

Martine Moisés She stated that she was lying on the floor when she heard her attackers shout: “That’s not it! It’s not that! “That’s not it!”, indicated AP.

The first lady indicated that the attackers made a video call to identify the precise location of what they were looking for as they killed the president. She added that she was lying face down when the killers tilted their heads and They pulled her toe “to make sure she wasn’t alive.”

After they were gone, Martine Moisés She said that “while she was losing a lot of blood” she crawled on the floor and whispered to her husband that she would try to get to the hospital.

“It was then that she realized that the president was dead and that his left eye was out of its socket,” according to the judge prosecuting her.

The new Haitian president, Jovenel Moise, with his wife Martine after receiving his sash during his inauguration, on February 7, 2017. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP). (HECTOR RETAMAL/)

Martine Moisés Born in Port-au-Prince in 1974. He graduated in interpretation from the University of Quisqueya in 1997.

he knew Young Moses during their university years and they married in 1996.

In 2015, Jovenel Moïse was elected president of Haiti with 32.8% of the vote..

During her husband’s tenure, she led Fondasyon Klere Ayiti, a community development NGO on education and women’s issues, and was also coordinating chair of the Global Fund in Haiti, which seeks to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases in Haiti. Caribbean country, according to BBC Mundo.

The life of Jovenel Moïse. (AFP).

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