The son of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise has asked the US government for help in apprehending the remaining suspects in his dad’s July 2021 murder and to help local authorities break the back of criminal oligarchs stagnating the country and their links to the criminal underworld.
In an open letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Joverlain Moise says the US has the power, influence, and ability to bring those responsible for the father’s murder to justice, as the country’s weakened judicial and police systems are hopelessly unable to do so, and heavily armed rebels currently fighting police and soldiers are outgunned.
“This letter is not a call for interference, but a call for decency and justice,” the younger Moise wrote to Secretary Rubio. “Mr. Secretary of State, competent American institutions have apprehended some of these oligarchs. Yet, others, who have fomented more than one plot against Haiti — the early ally that helped preserve the US from European domination — still enjoy the protection of your territory today, unmolested. With your influence, you have the capacity and moral authority to contribute to ensuring that justice is done,” he begged.
He even suggested that the US should not even think of apprehending those suspected of Moise’s assassination and sending them back to Haiti for trial, as nothing would come of this, given the current state of affairs in the CARICOM member nation.
“You are also aware that the financial resources of these criminals far exceed those of our weakened judicial institutions, many of which they have already infiltrated, corrupted, and neutralized. It is imperative that the perpetrators of such serious crimes be tried in a country with institutions capable of guaranteeing real and appropriate justice. The entire world knows that the Haitian judicial system has been dismantled by those it should be prosecuting. As long as chaos reigns, Haiti’s law enforcement and prisons will remain dysfunctional. Consequently, extraditing such criminals to a country in a state of institutional decay would be an act of blatant irresponsibility, a gesture that the very spirit of republican fraternity, at the heart of the American nation, cannot condone,” he argued in his missive to Rubio.
Until he was appointed secretary this year, Rubio was a senator from South Florida, where the largest concentration of the Haitian diaspora is located. Moise targets the Secretary of State specifically because he believes that Rubio is well aware of the situation.
