Possible Deportation of Jovenel Moïse's Alleged Assassins: Joverlein Expresses Disagreement

WASHINGTON.— In an open letter dated July 23, 2025, Joverlein Moïse, son of former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who was assassinated in July 2021, addresses U.S. authorities to firmly express his opposition to the extradition to Haiti of several individuals currently detained in the United States, whom he considers directly involved in his father's assassination. He specifically addressed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Indeed, Joverlein Moïse expresses his complete lack of confidence in the Haitian judicial system, which he claims is plagued by corruption, impunity, and the persistent domination of powerful oligarchs.

Joverlein Moïse insists that these economic and political elites, whom he accuses of financing criminal networks and fueling the country's instability, played an active role in the planning and execution of the assassination of President Moïse, his father.

«The influence of these groups makes it impossible to hold a fair trial in Haiti,» Moïse stated in the letter, regretting that neither the police, nor the courts, nor the penitentiary institutions are in proper working order.

Describing a country in full institutional decay, he warns U.S. authorities against the consequences of a transfer that would only serve the interests of criminals.

He clearly advocates for these accused individuals to be tried in a judicial system that can guarantee a minimum of credibility and independence. In this regard, he calls any decision to hand them over to the current Haitian authorities irresponsible, emphasizing that it would go against the democratic and humanitarian principles to which the United States claims to adhere.

Through this solemn appeal, Joverlein Moïse hopes to raise international awareness and alert to the gravity of the situation, at a time when the quest for justice for his father seems to be encountering the limits of a weakened state undermined by internal complicities.

Jean Mapou