“I was denied entry to the American embassy on the day of my father's assassination,” declares Jovenel Moïse’s son

Four years after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, his eldest son, Joverlein Moïse, recounts a significant episode that occurred in the hours following the tragedy. In an exclusive interview, he claims to have been prevented from entering the American embassy despite the immediate danger. Meanwhile, Haitian justice remains stalled: no conviction has yet been pronounced. Port-au-Prince, July 7, 2025 – On the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, his eldest son, Joverlein Moïse, delivered a troubling testimony about the hours following the deadly intrusion into the presidential residence. In an exclusive interview granted to cultural journalist Guy Wewe, he claims to have been left outside the American embassy in Tabarre, while seeking refuge with his family. “Less than 20 minutes after my father’s assassination, my car was riddled with bullets as I was heading towards the embassy,” he recounts. He was then with his wife, his three-year-old child, and two members of his team. Despite his calls for help, he reportedly spent nearly ten hours in the parking lot, with no one coming to meet him. “I explained to the agents that I was the son of the assassinated president, that if I went out, I would die. Even with a diplomatic passport marked ‘son of the President,’ they never let me in. That day, I was scared for the first time in my life,” he confides. Joverlein specifies that he was escorted by 16 security agents, but that this did not prevent his fear nor change the attitude of the American diplomatic staff. This statement comes amid growing frustration. Indeed, four years after this heinous crime, Haitian justice has still not pronounced any conviction. The local investigation is stalled, even as several suspects have been extradited to the United States, where some trials are ongoing. In Haiti, procedures are bogged down between changes of investigating judges, threats against magistrates, and an apparent lack of political will. For many Haitians, this judicial delay reinforces the climate of impunity and fuels suspicions of high-level complicity. Joverlein Moïse’s testimony thus rekindles the pain of a country still in search of truth, but also points to the silence and inaction — both national and international — regarding the assassination of the 58th Haitian president, which shook the foundations of the Republic. The editorial team