Family of Colombians detained in Haiti over Moise assassination defend their innocence
Record ID:
1631478
Family of Colombians detained in Haiti over Moise assassination defend their innocence
- Title: Family of Colombians detained in Haiti over Moise assassination defend their innocence
- Date: 9th August 2021
- Summary: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (AUGUST 9, 2021) (REUTERS) GENERAL OF RELATIVES OF COLOMBIAN EX-SOLDIERS DETAINED IN HAITI PROTESTING SISTER OF DETAINED EX-SOLDIER, MARTA RAMIREZ, BLOWING WHISTLE SIGN READING (Spanish): "President (Duque), I voted for you. I know you're a good person. Please help us, our ex soldiers are innocent. They were in a trap. They gave 20 years of their lives to Colombia." RELATIVES HOLDING SIGN READING (Spanish): "Fair trial to heroes in Haiti. They were hired by a legal company to work in social security and they were tricked." PROTESTER WEARING SHIRT BELONGING TO DETAINED RELATIVE, AND HOLDING SIGN TRAFFIC JAM CAUSED BY PROTESTERS BLOCKING STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) WIFE OF EX-SOLDIER DETAINED IN HAITI, NATHALIE ANDRADE, SAYING: "The national government should keep on helping us. We have made various requests to the Inter-American Human Rights Court to ensure their (detainees) rights, to guarantee the repatriation of their bodies." GENERAL OF PROTEST
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2021 22:55
- Keywords: Bogota Colombia Haiti Moise military protest
- Location: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA / PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
- City: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA / PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
- Country: Colombia
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,South America / Central America
- Reuters ID: LVA001EPK43T3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The families of 18 Colombian ex-soldiers who were detained in Haiti over the assassination of President Jovenel Moise professed their innocence in Bogota on Monday (August 9).
These protesters are calling on the Colombian government to protest citizens detained in Haiti in the case, saying the former soldiers fell into a trap and are innocent.
According to reports, some protesters met with officials from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to plead their case.
On July 7, a large group of gunmen killed Moise, 53, on his residence in Petionville, a northern, hillside suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince. Among those arrested for the assassination are 26 Colombians.
The Colombian government says the men suspected of taking part in the assassination were retired members of the armed forces. Many of the former Colombian soldiers went to Haiti to work as bodyguards, but others knew a crime was being planned, according to Colombia's president.
It remains unclear who planned the murder, and with what goal.
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