From her Florida hospital bed, she did record a message describing the attack. Assassins armed with assault rifles stormed their home in the hills above Port-au-Prince, and “riddled” her husband with bullets.
Mrs Moïse said the attack was so fast her husband was unable to “say a single word”.
As a first-hand witness to the attack, authorities believe Ms Moïse could help investigators unravel the assassination plot.
Moïse, 53, had been president of Haiti since 2017. He was ruling “by decree” for the last 18 months. And prior to his assasination there were large demonstrations against Moïse.
With the President’s death the poor island country faces growing uncertainty. Poverty, increasing crime and longtime corruption have long plagued Haiti.
The attack plot is under investigation
The Haitian National Police say a group of mainly foreign mercenaries 26 Colombians and at least two Haitian Americans are responsible for the murder.
With the arrest of Haitian-born Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, a Florida resident there are multiple links back to the US. The complex assassination plot allegedly involves Haitian Americans, a Florida-based security company, Columbian mercenaries, and the DEA.
