The pastor and the commandos: Mystery deepens how mission from God became a political assassination

[Judi Lynn]

By Danica Coto and Ben Fox
July 13, 2021 — 1.36pm

Port-Au-Prince: The arrest of a failed Haitian businessman living in Florida who authorities say was a key player in the killing of Haiti’s President deepened the mystery into an already convoluted plot surrounding the assassination.

Haitian authorities identified the suspect as Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 62, who once expressed a desire to lead his country in a YouTube video. However, he is unknown in Haitian political circles, and associates suggested he was duped by those really behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in an attack last week that critically wounded his wife, Martine, who remains hospitalised in Miami.

A Florida friend of Sanon said the suspect was an evangelical Christian pastor and a licensed physician in Haiti, but not in the US. The associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of safety concerns, said Sanon told him he was approached by people claiming to represent the US State and Justice departments who wanted to install him as president.

He said the plan was for Moise to be arrested, not killed, and Sanon would not have participated if he knew Moise would be assassinated.

“I guarantee you that,” the associate said. “This was supposed to be a mission to save Haiti from hell, with support from the US government.”

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https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/the-pastor-and-the-commandos-mystery-deepens-how-mission-from-god-became-a-political-assassination-20210713-p5899p.html