▲ Haiti President Jobnel Moise
Haiti's President Jobnel Moise, who was assassinated in July, was reported to be investigating allegations of drug trafficking by Haitian politicians and businessmen at the time of the assassination.
The New York Times reported that, based on the statements of four officials in Haiti yesterday, the American daily New York Times reported that President Moise had prepared a list of those involved in drug crimes in the high-ranking Haiti at the time and tried to hand it over to the United States.
According to the New York Times, some of those arrested for the assassination actually confessed that retrieving the list that Moise was working on was the top priority of the assassination operation.
President Moise was killed in the early morning of July 7, when gunmen broke into his brother-in-law's bedroom.
Martin Moise, who was with them, was also shot.
Since then, more than 40 suspects have been arrested, including the Colombian mercenaries who carried out the assassination, but the motive for the assassination or the real motive for the assassination is still unknown.
Martin Moise said in an interview with the press, "My husband has been fighting the rich and the powerful throughout his life," claiming that they may be behind the assassination.
The New York Times described the list of drug crimes that President Moise was trying to draw up during his lifetime as "part of the continuing clash between Moise and the political and business giants."
One of the people on the list is Charles Saint-Remyro, a businessman who is also close to former President Michel Martelli, who has been accused of drug trafficking by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the New York Times explained.
Daniel Foote, the US government's special envoy to Haiti until September, told The New York Times, "If you think this assassination has nothing to do with drug and arms trafficking, you are an idiot."
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