Where is jean bertrand aristide now

Aristide, a charismatic yet divisive figure in Haiti who was receiving unspecified medical treatment in Cuba, arrives back in a country simmering with tension over the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moise as new details about the investigation emerged.

Vargas said Badio gave that order roughly three days before the assassination during a meeting in Haiti with the two Colombians, who had been in the country since May Capador was killed in a shootout with Haitian police hours after Moise was slain. More than 20 suspects accused of direct involvement in the slaying have been arrested, the majority of them former Colombian soldiers.

At least three other suspects were killed, and police have said they are still looking for at least seven others.

He said they have been interrogated and that a fifth high-ranking police official has been placed in isolated detention with four others, although none have been named as suspects. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said the government will continue to bring those responsible to justice. Tickets for most of the former soldiers, at least, were purchased through a Florida-based company, Worldwide Capital Lending Group, Vargas said Friday.

Officials earlier said they had been bought by another Florida company, CTU Security, which allegedly recruited the men. Worldwide issued a statement Thursday saying that it helped provide a loan to CTU but that it was meant to help finance infrastructure projects sought by Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian physician and pastor who has been arrested in the plot.

June 21, — Le Nouvelliste reports that Aristide has tested positive for Covid and will seek treatment in Cuba. You must be logged in to post a comment. CNN - World. By CNN Newsource. Published June 23, PM. Related Articles. Leave a Reply Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. Open toolbar. Kurzban confirmed that "at least two people standing in front of the car were hit and there [was] blood on the right front bumper and headlight of the vehicle.

Social media captured protests by Aristide supporters in the streets of Port-Au- Prince after news of the shooting spread. Massive protests against police erupting in Haiti 's capital after witnesses reported they fired upon the motorcade of fmr.

Aristide pic. Aristide is still wildly popular among Haitians who see him as heroic figure who made it out of the slums to attain the highest office in the country. The former Catholic priest had an instrumental role in the movement to expel dictator of Jean-Claude Duvalier, whose family ruled the country for almost 30 years, in Soon after his first presidential victory in , Aristide was forced to flee to Venezuela after a military coup — returning to the country four years later only after the U.