Did A Haitian Immigrant Really Plot The Entire Assassination Of President Mose?
Commentary By Felicia J. Persaud  Haitis police chief on Sunday claimed an immigrant from Haiti and a doctor in Florida has been arrested as a central suspect in the assassination plot of the countrys President, Jovenel Mose. According to reports, the latest person arrested is Dr. Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, who is now dubbed the alleged mastermind of the plot. According to the Haitian national police chief, Lon Charles, Sanon was the one who contacted and hired CTU, a Venezuelan security firm in South Florida. They in turn hired 20 plus ex-Colombian trained military soldier and two other Haitian Americans in South Florida  James J. Solages, 35, and Joseph Vincent, 55. Solages and Vincent were hired, they claimed, simply to work as translators. The initial mission, according to Miami Herald reports, was reportedly to serve as security for Sanon who was going by private plane to Haiti. Then the mission change to arresting Mose with a 2019 arrest warrant and to bring him to the national palace, and then have Sanon replace him as president. Sanon on his Twitter account says he is a Medical Doctor and Christian Minister who is providing Leadership for Haiti through a life of positive action and absolute integrity.  But a lot does not pass the smell test here. Not even a dog was shot reportedly, and only the maid and a boy in the house were tired up as the Presidents daughter hid. There are more questions than answers in this puzzle and murder of a President, who was unpopular and ready to install himself as a dictator, and for whom many Haitians have said they are shedding no tears.  So far, Solanges and Vincent have reportedly insisted to the judge investigating the murder, that they simply responded to a job on the Internet for translators and that is the only role they played. The sister of Duberney Capador, 40, one of the Colombians accused in the plot and who was one of three killed in the aftermath in Haiti, has also poured some cold water on the polices claims. Yenny Carolina Capador has been quoted by the New York Times as saying her brother told her that he had not gone to Haiti to kill anyone  but rather had traveled to the Caribbean nation after receiving a job offer to protect a very important person.  Ms. Capador also was quoted by the Times as saying her brother told her that he had arrived too late to save the important person he claimed he was hired to protect. Haitis chief prosecutor, Me Bed-Ford Claude, who is investigating the July 7th assassination of the countrys President, also seems puzzled by the way the so called mercenaries were able to walk in and out without a gun battle. He wants to hear from some of Moses top security officials, including Dimitri Hrard, security coordinator of the President, and Jean Laguel Civil, the divisional commissioner. Both are set to meet for questioning on Tuesday July 13th and Wednesday July 14th to explain what happened on the night of July 7th. Claude also wants to speak to Inspector Paul Eddy Amazan, head of the Cat-Team and Commissioner Landre Pierre Osman, head of the Palace Security Unit (USP), and last week told the Haitian paper, Le Nouvelliste, that he had asked Civil Commissioner Jean Laguel for the list of all the security agents present in the presidents residence on the night but had not received that list as of last Friday. As the saying goes, there is more in the mortar than the pestle here and I know the whole world will be watching this story to see what officials from the US National Security Council, the Department of State, Homeland Security and the Department of Justice find out, as they arrived in Haiti on Sunday, July 11th. For now, it is Haitians and Haiti that bears the brunt of this latest crisis and Haitian immigrants in South Florida bearing the shame of the alleged actions of three of their own. The writer is publisher of NewsAmericasNow