On Friday, Haitian police levelled new charges against a former Supreme Court judge in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month, alleging that she met with Colombian mercenaries accused of killing him.
Andre Paultre reported from Port-au-Prince; Drazen Jorgic wrote the story; Raju Gopalakrishnan edited it.
In the midst of an international quest for mercenaries and masterminds, Haitian police have leveled new charges against a former Supreme Court judge for her involvement in President Jovenel Moise’s killing. According to news agency Reuters, the judge, Wendelle Coq-Thelot, had met some Columbian mercenaries suspected of killing Moise.
Moise, who was elected in 2016 and assumed office a year later, had been asserting that his presidential term should finish in 2022, a position backed by the United States, the United Nations, and the Organization of American States.
The opposition, on the other hand, wanted Moise to resign in February, citing a constitutional provision that says a president’s term begins when he is elected, not when he takes office.
After Moise claimed a coup was plotted against him, Coq-Thelot and two other justices were fired in February. Haitian police issued an arrest warrant for the former Supreme Court justice earlier this week.
