Tag: Haiti

Haitian police arrest 63-year-old accused of orchestrating assassination of President

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on July 12, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti / CNN — A man accused of helping to plan the assassination of President Jovenel Moise was arrested, Haitian authorities announced on Sunday. Moise was killed in his Port-au-Prince home on Wednesday, in an attack that has shaken the country already rattled by rampant violence and political instability. The arrested suspect, 63-year-old Christian Emmanuel Sanon, entered the country on a private jet in June, Police Chief Leon Charles said. It’s not known what Sanon will be charged with, or what his motives may have been. He said he arrived with “political...

Haitian president assassinated after mercenaries storm residence

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on July 7, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph. Joseph said in a statement that a group of unidentified individuals attacked Moise’s home at around 1 a.m. and fatally wounded the head of state. Haiti’s first lady was also shot and is receiving treatment, he added. The Prime Minister called the incident a “heinous, inhumane and barbaric act” and called for calm. “The security situation in the country is under the control of the Haitian...