(20 Feb 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Port-au-Prince - 7 February 2017
1. Martine Moise, in red, sitting alongside her husband Jovenel Moise
HEADLINE: Haiti judge indicts assassinated President's widow
2. Various of Jovenel Moise, accompanied by his wife Martine, walking into Parliament chamber to take oath as Haiti's president
ANNOTATION: Haiti's President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in July 2021.
ANNOTATION: On Monday, a report indicted Moise's widow, the country's ex-prime minister and an ex-police chief, in relation to his murder.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Juan, Puerto Rico - 20 January 2024
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dánica Coto - Associated Press, Caribbean Correspondent:
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"A judge in Haiti who was responsible for investigating the July 20-21st assassination of President Jovenel Moise, has dropped a bombshell of a report this week. He has indicted some 50 people in the case. Among them Moise's widow, Martine Moise, former prime minister Claude Joseph and ex-police chief Leon Charles. An attorney for Martin Moise has not returned messages for comment, and Leon Charles has not been able to be reached for comment. Meanwhile, Claude Joseph has accused the current prime minister of Haiti of, quote unquote, weaponizing the country's judicial system. Those indicted have the opportunity to appeal, and it's unclear when or if the case would ever go to trial in Haiti. Meanwhile, authorities in the U.S. have prosecuted 11 suspects. At least three of them have been sentenced."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Madeleine - 23 July 2021
4. Martine Moïse standing with her head bowed (far right) ++CUTAWAYS++
ARCHIVE: Port-au-Prince - 8 January 2024
5. Various of car of former Haiti Prime Minister Claude Joseph arriving at courthouse ++CUTAWAYS++
6. Various of Joseph entering courthouse ++CUTAWAYS++
7. Media scrambling around Joseph ++CUTAWAYS++
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STORYLINE:
A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others, according to a report obtained Monday.
The indictments are expected to further destabilize Haiti as it struggles with a surge in gang violence and recovers from a spate of violent protests demanding the resignation of current Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Dozens of suspects were indicted in the 122-page report issued by Walther Wesser Voltaire, who is the fifth judge to lead the investigation after previous ones stepped down for various reasons, including fear of being killed.
Charles, who was police chief when Moïse was killed and now serves as Haiti’s permanent representative to the Organization of the American States, faces the most serious charges: murder; attempted murder; possession and illegal carrying of weapons; conspiracy against the internal security of the state; and criminal association.
Meanwhile, Joseph and Martine Moïse, who was injured in the attack, are accused of complicity and criminal association.
Charles could not be immediately reached for comment, and Martine Moïse’s attorney did not return a message for comment.
Meanwhile, Joseph, the former prime minister, shared a statement with The Associated Press accusing Henry of “undermining” the investigation and benefitting from the president's death.
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