Haiti’s representative to the Organization of American States, who served as police chief when the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated nearly three years ago and who has been indicted in the conspiracy, has resigned.
Léon Charles, the former chief of Haiti’s National Police who was recently accused in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, announced Thursday that he was stepping down as permanent representative of Haiti to the Organization of American States. The announcement comes just days after a final report from a judge investigating the July 2021 killing detailed the charges against dozens of suspects including Charles.
The widow of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was among the 51 people indicted in connection to the 2021 killing on Monday, a major step forward for the case nearly three years after the fact. Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police Léon Charles were the most notable…
A 122-page report released this week pokes serious holes in the former First Lady's testimony of the events that took place on the night of her husband's death.