Haiti's First Lady Testifies in Assassination Trial

0:00It's March 11th in Durham. Let's get into the news. Martin Moise, the widow of Haiti's last elected president Joe Vanell Moise, testified in a Miami federal courtroom this week about the 2021 assassination that killed her husband and left her wounded. Four men face charges of conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or murder him, archangel, pretel, or teas, Antonio Entriago, Walter Vintamilla, and James. All have pleaded not guilty and could get life sentences if convicted. She described the chaotic night at their home where gunfire erupted and her husband warned they were done for. Moise crawled to check on their adult children, then hid behind the bed with him as attackers burst in, firing with sounded like automatic weapons. She was hit multiple times, heard Spanish speaking men, and watched her husband get shot fatally. Later, she found no bodies among the 30-50 guards, learning they had been paid to abandon their posts. The attack plunged Haiti into deeper chaos, with gangs seizing more power and

1:01violence surging across the island nation. Moise was rushed to a local hospital, then airlifted to Miami for surgery, and she still deals with a disabled right arm and constant pain. Defense lawyers grilled her about a Haitian probe into her role, which she dismissed as threats from those now in control, forcing her to flee for safety. Prosecutors say South Florida was the hub for plotting and funding the scheme, tied to security firms run by some defendants in involving a and Haitian American replacement pick. The defense claims their clients were duped into what they thought was a legal arrest, pointing to a former Haitian official as the real plotter amid. A botched local investigation. The trial, set to last over two months, follows guilty pleas from five others, now serving life terms, and another getting nine years for supplying. Gear. More cases loom, including one for the would-be successor, while Haitian probes stall amid gang threats in a broken justice system. A message from our sponsor supports today's story. If sleep podcasts are your thing, this

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