Suspected Of Involvement In The Assassination Of President Moise, Head Of Haiti's Paspampres Arrested

Haiti is chaired by Jovenel Moise. (Instagram / @ jovenelmoise)

JAKARTA - Haitian police have arrested a top security official for President Jovenel Moise on suspicion of involvement in the plot to assassinate President Moise on July 7.

The official arrested was Haiti's Presidential Security Coordinator (Paspampres) Jean Laguel Civil. Reynold Georges's civil-appointed lawyer told Reuters his client was arrested last Monday Civil's arrest follows the earlier detention of another senior member of President Moise's security forces, Dimitri Herard. On Tuesday, a July 10 memo signed by Herard describing the events of the night of the killings was leaked on social media. Reuters could not immediately confirm its authenticity.

In the three-page document, Herard said he had received a call for help from Moise at 1:39 a.m. on July 7, during which he headed to the residence of the President of Haiti and ordered reinforcements.

Herard noted that he received word of multiple explosions near Moise's house and continued it with other officials. Near the entrance, they are confronted by a man dressed in black who orders them to withdraw, saying they are part of an operation by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Since his group was outnumbered and worried that the man might arrest the president, Herard's group withdrew. They began planning attacks against the enemy after learning the president died around 3:00 am.

In the ensuing fighting on the afternoon of July 7, three Colombians were killed, Herard said, also noting in the memo that three police hostages were released.

There are many unanswered questions about who was behind the murder and how the killers were able to gain access to the president's house. However, Georges said Civil was innocent.

"The real culprits are those who gave these Colombians permission to enter Haiti, the police must arrest them," said Georges, referring to the Colombian mercenaries who had already been arrested.

Separately, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) carried out raids related to Moise's murder in a gated community in Florida, a spokesman for the agency confirmed Tuesday following media reports of the incident.

"The FBI and (Homeland Security) are conducting court-ordered law enforcement activities in the vicinity. The affidavit supporting the search warrant has been sealed by the court," an FBI spokesman said in a statement, without providing further details. details.

For information, President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in a brutal attack on July 7 at midnight on his private residence in Port-au-Prince, by a group of people who were mostly Colombian mercenaries. His wife, who was also the victim of the attack, survived and was then evacuated for further medical treatment.