• Direct Witness Haiti, chronicle of an assassination with many loose ends

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They buried him with all honors, paid him a solemn and heartfelt tribute.

The funeral services, held this Friday in northern Cap Haitien and presided over by

Jovenel Moise's widow and two sons

, were attended by the new Haitian government, Joe Biden's special envoy for the Southern Hemisphere, as well as delegates from the UN and the diplomatic corps.

After the Eucharist, Martine Moise, her arm still in a sling and her voice firm and serene, gave a strong political speech, calling her husband's murderers "birds of prey". "They hated you, they threw poison at you," he said, adding that "they keep running through the streets. They don't even hide. They are there watching us and listening to us." He challenged them by assuring that they will not succumb to fear. "We will look them directly in the eyes. We will tell them that enough is enough" He encouraged his compatriots to move forward with the ideas of who his partner was for 25 years, "He showed us the way, he opened our eyes. We lost a battle but not war".

Shortly before the state funeral, one of the official delegations had to accelerate when hearing shots and witnessing the launching of tear gas to contain a

violent demonstration

by Moise's supporters, according to information from Reuters.

In the narrow streets of the city where Jovenel Moïse grew up and the family mausoleum is located, where his mortal remains will rest, they hung slogans that read "They killed the body but his dreams will survive."

But not all the signs of pain of ordinary Haitians were due to the fact that he was a popular and beloved president, a different leader from the plethora of leaders who have plundered the coffers of their impoverished country.

Under his controversial mandate, in addition to continuing the levels of poverty and misery that reach 85% of the population, aggravated by the Covid, crime skyrocketed to unbearable records, criminal gangs were strengthened, kidnapping became a daily nightmare ; There were constant street protests and complaints of both corruption and violation of the Constitution. He had been governing by decree for a year, after leaving Congress without legitimacy. And he had stayed a year longer than he should have, the time it took for the electoral tribunal to proclaim his victory after accusations of electoral fraud by his rival.

It was, therefore, the way of dying in his own bedroom, a cruel murder, committed with cruelty and supposedly executed by former Colombian soldiers, who also wounded his wife, which united Haiti around his figure.

There is a general

rejection

of foreign forces breaking into Haitian soil to kill its head of state.

"Practicing the slaughter as a profession, surpasses all understanding as a human being," stressed the priest in the funeral homily, in perfect Spanish, the only time he used our language before the president's coffin.

However, the outrage, palpable on all sides, does not erase the perennial mistrust of local authorities and the firm belief that they did not prevent the assassination or capture the powerful figures who are the true brains behind the crime.

They made it clear to the Director of the National Police,

Leon Charles

, when they stoned his caravan on Thursday, at the exit of one of the events organized in Cap Haitien in memory of Moise.

That same day, in what is the second most important city in the nation, a massive demonstration demanded justice and to know the truth of what happened.

Investigation

The investigations are led by the Central Judicial Police of Haiti, but the reality is that it is the FBI that is in charge, once their Colombian counterparts returned to Bogotá, although they continue to cooperate, as does Interpol.

The three testimonies of the former members of the Colombian Army, known to date, as well as what was declared by the widow, Martine Moise, about the horror that she experienced that morning and the trail of clues left by all those involved who are detained, show that

the puzzle is missing many pieces

.

The reason why 26 men who had belonged to the Special Forces organized a crime in such a sloppy way, without having planned it in advance or having weapons for everyone, or a Plan B to escape in case everything failed, remains unknown. , how it happened.

In addition to the fact that what was said by the Colombians, who remain in the dungeons of the

Judicial Police

in Port-au-Prince, lacks judicial value since they have not had legal assistance.

This Sunday a small commission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia will travel to make contact with them, deliver the letters, photographs and a package of cleaning supplies clothes that their families send them, repatriate the corpses of the three former sergeants who were killed and get that the arrested persons respect the rights of any detainee.

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