Judge Garry Orèlien, who oversaw the assassination case of Haitian president Jovenel Moise, has pointed out that Prime Minister Ariel Henry was involved in the overall planning of the assassination along with former Haitian anti-corruption official Joseph Felix Badio.
In a recording taken in the fall of 2021, when he was still presiding over the investigation, Orèlien pointed out that Henry is connected and friends with the mastermind of the assassination.
“Ariel is connected and friends with the mastermind of the assassination,” Orèlien stated in a recording obtained by CNN. “They planned it with him, Ariel is a prime suspect of Jovenel Moises’s assassination and he knows it,” he added.
Multiple sources, including Haitian investigators, have also stood resolute that Henry lies at the centre of much of the obstruction as well as the subsequent cover-up of the assassination.
The sources also pointed out a series of questionable actions that they say detail the prime minister’s alleged involvement in the assassination both in plotting Moises’ death and helping to orchestrate the subsequent cover-up.
According to investigators, a confidential informer told officers that Henry met up with Badio that night.
Further reports also revealed that since the investigation started, the pair had already met twice in person.
Additionally, a private meeting between Henry and Badio was orchestrated by investigators to help connect the dots.
The initial plan, as outlined by investigators, was to arrest Badio when he left his house and then at a later date, along with proof of the meeting at hand, arrest Henry as well.
However, Badio never showed up and President Henry stayed at his residence all night, causing the officers to abandon their mission.
Reports also stated that when two of the top judicial authorities sought potential charges against Henry, they were fired.
As it stands, the official case looking into the assassination is still proceeding in Haiti.
Since August, the case has produced no new arrests or suspects, or any evidence.
Additionally, dozens of suspects that were arrested in the first few weeks of the assassination, are still being held in a Haitian prison.
