The Jordanian businessman Samir Handal has recovered his freedom about 8 months after his arrest at the airport of Istanbul, from the United States, before being placed in detention because of a red notice from Interpol. Samir Handal was one of the suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who was killed on July 7, 2021 at his private home in Pèlerin 5 by an armed commando.
Turkish justice is not convinced by the extradition request of the Haitian government, reports the Turkish news agency DHA.
Samir Handal won the case. He did not want to be extradited to Haiti, under the pretext that he risks being mistreated or killed. At the same time, he denies his involvement in the murder of the Haitian head of state.
Three other people, suspected of being involved in the magnicide of July 7, 2021 in Pilgrim 5, have been charged in recent months in the United States. They are Haitian businessman Rodolphe Jaar, former Colombian military officer Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios and former Haitian Senator John Joel Joseph.
At a press conference on Tuesday, June 28, the spokesman for the Haitian National Police, Inspector Gary Desrosiers recalled that more than thirty people are already brought to justice and more than a dozen others are sought by the PNH in partnership with Interpol for their alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
He stressed that 33 police officers are dismissed from the PNH and 3 others are placed on leave following the recommendations of the PNH General Inspection on the involvement of police officers in this crime.
