Haitian Authorities Arrest Florida-Based Doctor They Depict as Central in Moïse Murder

Police stand guard at Pétion Ville station, where two alleged suspects in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse were being held last week. Jean Marc Herve Abelard/EPA, via Shutterstock

A Haitian-born doctor based in Florida has been arrested as a “central” suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and the national police chief suggested at a Sunday news conference that he believes the suspect was plotting to become president.

The doctor, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, is the third Haitian-born suspect with U.S. ties to be arrested.

The Haitian national police chief, Léon Charles, painted Mr. Sanon as a key figure behind the president’s assassination

Publish : 2021-07-12 14:38:00

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