The funeral of the assassinated Haitian president will take place on July 23, authorities announced on Friday, as the former head of state, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was greeted by his supporters in Port-au-Prince after undergoing treatment. medical in Cuba.
Jovenel Moïse's funeral will take place on July 23 in the city of Cap-Haitien, the government announced nine days after the leader's assassination at his home by an armed commando.
His wife Martine Moïse, injured during the attack and hospitalized in Miami, should return to Haiti to attend the funeral, said Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph at a press conference.
Shadow areas
Haitian police have arrested around 20 people, including several former Colombian soldiers accused of being part of the commando that came to kill Jovenel Moïse, but significant gray areas remain in the investigation. Colombian police, who are also investigating, said on Friday that a former Haitian justice ministry official, Joseph Felix Badio, ordered two of the Colombian mercenaries to assassinate the president.
The members of the commando were originally instructed to arrest Jovenel Moïse, said Jorge Vargas, Colombian police chief, until the instructions changed, about three days before the operation.
Joseph Félix Badio is the subject of a research notice launched by the Haitian authorities, like the former senator John Joel Joseph, both being described as "dangerous and armed" individuals.
The Colombian security forces, however, did not specify whether Joseph Felix Badio had acted on the order of sponsors, nor the reasons which prompted him to give this directive.
"The investigation will be successful"
A mysterious alleged sponsor, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian from Florida, was arrested Sunday by Haitian police. The apparent ease with which the attackers managed to kill Jovenel Moïse aroused suspicion in his security team, his leader Dimitri Hérard and three other officials were placed in solitary confinement, and 24 officers were subjected to precautionary measures. "The investigation will be successful," promised Claude Joseph Friday, saying that this investigation was "the most important thing" for him.
At the same time, former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide made his return to the island, awaited by several hundred of his supporters.
He had traveled to Cuba at the end of June to be treated for Covid-19.
Former Catholic priest, Jean-Bertrand Aristide was the first elected president of Haiti.
Overthrown by a coup in 1991, he went into exile, before returning to Haiti in 1994 following an American intervention.
He then became president again in 2001, only to resign in 2004 under pressure from the United States, France and Canada, faced with an armed insurrection and a popular revolt.
He then joined South Africa, before returning to Haiti again in 2011.
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