Crime and JusticeThree were killed, one escaped and 17 others are in Haiti's national penitentiary while an investigation is underway. They are among the more than 40 accused in the assassination, while the company that hired them in South Florida is also under investigation.
In photos: who are the Colombian exsoldiers accused of assassination in Haiti and their alleged accomplices?
Three were killed, one escaped and 17 others are in Haiti's national penitentiary while an investigation is underway. They are among the more than 40 accused in the assassination, while the company that hired them in South Florida is also under investigation.
A group of the Colombian ex soldiers at their compound in Haiti in the days before the assassination of the Haitian president.
Coutesy of Yenni Capador.
A photo taken in Haiti of some of the Colombian security contractors. From left to right: Haitian-American 'translator' James Solages, former Captain Germán Rivera ('Colonel Mike'), former Sergeant Mauricio Romero, an unidentified former soldier and former Sergeant Duberney Capador.
Courtesy of José Espinosa
This photo shows Pastor Christian Sanon standing in the centre with members of his Colombian security team alongside CTU Security President Antonio Intriago. From left to right: former Sergeant Mauricio Romero, former Captain German Rivera, known as 'Colonel Mike', former Haitian Senator John Joel Joseph, Christian Sanon, the group's Haitian-American translator James Solages, Antonion Intriago, another former Colombian soldier of unknown identity, former Sergeant Duberney Capador, Ashkard Joseph Pierre, an alleged Haitian diplomat.
Courtesy of José Espinosa.
Colombian contractors arrested after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise are shown to the media, along with the weapons and equipment they allegedly used in the attack. The General Directorate of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021.
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Los sospechosos del asesinato del presidente de Haití, Jovenel Moise, son mostrados a los medios de comunicación, junto con las armas y el equipo que presuntamente utilizaron en el ataque, en la sede de la policía en Puerto Príncipe, del 8 de julio de 2021.
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A Haitian-American, Joseph Vincent, was also arrested along with the Colombian "mercenaries". Vincent, 55, is a former Haitian police officer who lives in Miami and is a DEA informant, according to his lawyer.
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Haitian-American James Solages was also arrested along with the former Colombian soldiers. He lived in South Florida and previously worked as a security guard at the Canadian embassy in Haiti. According to police evidence, on the night of the attack on the president's residence he used a megaphone to tell the police to stand down, saying: "This is a DEA operation".
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Antonio 'Tony' Intriago, is president of CTU Security, the firm in South Florida that hired the Colombian ex-soldiers in Haiti. "We represent manufacturers of security and protection products and wholesalers of many different brands of high quality bulletproof vests and many other protective equipment," he says on his website.
Website of CTU Security.
An image of Tony Intriago, president of CTU Security, shows him posing in 2019 with police in Sweetwater, near Miami.
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Haitian businessman and convicted drug trafficker Rodolph Jaar after his arrest in Haiti in 2013 on drug charges (left). He was sentenced to nearly four years in prison in Miami. On the right, a wanted poster of Jaar issued by Haitian police in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
Haitian National Police
Christian Sanon, a 63-year-old evangelical pastor and doctor based in Florida, was namedas one of the masterminds in the plot that ended in the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, according to Haitian police. What little he posted on his social media showed that, at least nine years ago, he had pretensions of coming to power.
Screen grab from video posted on You Tube.
Joseph Félix Badio, a former justice ministry official, was fired in May from an anti-corruption unit for "serious violations" of ethics rules. He allegedly gave the order to kill President Moise. His whereabouts are unknown.
Haitian National Police
John Joel Joseph is a former Haitian senator who is also accused by police of involvement in the plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise. He appears on a police wanted poster.
Haitian National Police
This photo is believed to have been taken on 22 June as Pastor Christian Sanon was preparing to board a private plane to fly to Haiti with his Antonio Intriago of CTU Security. From left to right, Walter Vientemilla, Christian Sanon, Arcángel Pretel, Antonio Intriago and another unknown man.
Courtesy of the Investigative Unit at El Tiempo, Bogota.Relacionados: