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“He told me, ‘We’re trapped, they have us shut in and they are shooting, ” Capador said.
He asked her not to tell their mother about the situation and said the men were going to negotiate an exit.
“Until 5:50 (p.m.), I wrote to see how he was, and he said ‘good’ and from then I never heard anything more from my brother.”
Colombian officials acknowledge former soldiers are often recruited to work as mercenaries in other countries.
The South American country’s nearly 60 years of conflict have provided a prolific training ground for soldiers. Many retire as early as in their 40s.
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian former soldier killed during a gun battle with Haitian police and accused of involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise had been hired as a bodyguard, his sister said on Saturday.
FILE PHOTO: Duberney Capador Giraldo, a former Colombian soldier killed during the operation to capture those allegedly implicated in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, is pictured during his military career, in Tolemaida, Colombia on this undated handout picture, obtained by Reuters July 10, 2021. Jenny Capador Giraldo/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The widow of the late Haitian president, Juvenel Moise, blamed shadowy enemies on Saturday for plotting to stop democratic change as the fight for power in the Caribbean country intensified.
Moses was shot before dawn on Wednesday at his home in Port-au-Prince, Haitian authorities said he was a unit of trained killers made up of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans.
Doubts have been raised, however, about this narrative, saying that at least two Colombian families have been hired as bodyguards.
Martine Moise, who was injured in an attack on the president’s private residence and was taken to Florida for medical treatment, said her husband had been taken for political reasons.
Slain Haitian leader’s wounded widow speaks for first time as doubts grow over assassin claims
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By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh
July 11, 2021 12.43pm
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Port-au-Prince: The widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise has accused shadowy enemies of organising his assassination to stop democratic change, as a struggle for power intensified in the Caribbean country.
Moise was gunned down before dawn on Wednesday at his Port-au-Prince home by what Haitian authorities said was a unit of trained assassins comprised of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans.
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