Christian Emmanuel Sanon, Florida doctor tied to Haiti president assassination
A prominent doctor from Florida linked to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise had long sought to overthrow him — and even claimed he was backed by a UN official, according to reports.
Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, also wrote to a US State
Department official last month announcing his intent, claiming Moise “has
stolen the democracy” of Haiti, the Daily Mail reported on Monday.
“Moise has shown he intends to use his power, intimidation,
and unending wide-scale brutality to broaden and extend his control of Haiti,”
Sanon reportedly wrote to Julie Chung, acting assistant secretary of Western
Hemisphere Affairs, according to the outlet.
The letter contends Sanon was handpicked after “extensive
consultations” with leading Haitian leaders as the interim president.
The letter addressed to Chung was posted on a since-deleted
website.
Sanon allegedly claimed on the site that a United Nations
official was part of a coalition of supporters, as well as another man involved
in “UN training globally.”
According to the Washington Post, Sanon landed in Haiti on a
private plane last month to carry out the plot after recruiting a small army
through a Miami-based security firm.
Haiti’s police chief, Leon Charles, told the outlet Sanon
had “political objectives.”
Haitian authorities said the armed crew consisted of
Colombian nationals and two other Haitian-Americans, who arrived at Moise’s
home identifying themselves as US Drug Enforcement Administration operatives.
Moise was shot multiple times and killed in the July 7
attack, which also left Haitian First Lady Marine Moise critically wounded.
Police in Haiti said as many as 26 people were believed to
be involved in the attack on the president, with seven killed during a
follow-up raid by police.
Investigators are also probing whether they had help from
inside Moise’s inner circle.
Colombian Gen. Jorge Luis Vargas, head of the South American
country’s national police force, told the Washington Post that authorities
there are investigating Dimitri Herard, head of security at the Haitian
presidential palace.
Herard reported made several trips to Bogota in recent
months, traveling to the Colombian capital through Ecuador, Panama and the
Dominican Republic between January and May this year.
Police also raided Sanon’s home in Haiti and found 20 boxes
of 9 mm and 12 mm ammunition, six pistol holsters, and license plates from the
Dominican Republic.
In addition, they found a DEA cap, they said.
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