In connection with the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, a US financier who resided in Florida was detained on Tuesday as the US government moves the inquiry forward despite a stalemate in Haiti.
According to Tama Kudman, Walter Veintemilla’s attorney, he was also charged with conspiring to assassinate or abduct someone outside the US. She stated, “He will be pleading not guilty to both charges.”
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The intentions and real masterminds of the July 2021 assassination remain unknown, although a group of former Colombian soldiers is among the suspects. Authorities claim that Veintemilla provided cash to a Miami-based security firm that recruited the mercenaries for the assignment.
Prior to a news conference when multiple arrests in the investigation were revealed by the US Justice Department, Kudman confirmed his detention.
When Moise was slain, Claude Joseph, who was the prime minister at the time, applauded the news. He tweeted “Justice must prevail,” accompanied by a screenshot of a news statement from the US government.
Martine Moise, the president’s widow, who was injured during the attack but survived, demanded the establishment of a special UN tribunal to look into the killing earlier this month, claiming the matter had been stalled for 19 months.
She declared, “There are killers out there.”
Eight suspects are now being held by the US, including important figures like James Solages and Joseph Vincent, two Haitian Americans who were among the first detained following Moise’s 12 gunshot wounds at his private residence in July 2021. Among the other suspects are Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a preacher and unsuccessful businessman who, according to his acquaintances, was deceived by the true masterminds who have not yet been apprehended.
Former senator John Jol Joseph of Haiti and former US government informant Rodolphe Jaar of Haiti, who was extradited from the Dominican Republic, are both now in custody. Joseph escaped to Jamaica and was joined in detention by former senator John Jol Joseph.
The inquiry in Haiti is mostly dormant as the US investigation into the July 2021 killing of Moise advances. A fourth judge was removed, and three judges quit the case out of fear for their lives. The more than 40 suspects detained in Haiti have not yet had their court dates set, and many of them, including 18 Colombian troops, are still being kept in a horribly overcrowded jail in Port-au-Prince that sometimes runs out of food and water.
