Category: assassination

John F. Kennedy’s Nephews Urge Biden Administration to Release Final Documents Pertaining to Assassination

Two of former President John F. Kennedy’s nephews are calling on the Biden administration to release the final documents pertaining to his assassination in 1963 after the White House announced last week that it was delaying releasing them due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The records were set to be made public on Tuesday, but the White House released…


Biden Delays Release of JFK Assassination Records, Citing Pandemic

President Joe Biden has delayed the release of classified documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A memo signed by Biden on Oct. 22 was released by the White House, citing the pandemic for the delay. It did not make clear exactly how the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the release of the records,…


Ukrainian Lawmakers Pass Law on Oligarchs After Assassination Attempt

KYIV—Ukraine’s parliament passed a law on Thursday to order “oligarchs” to register and stay out of politics, a day after an attempt to kill a top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, which officials said could have been a response to the reform. The law provides a definition for an oligarch and gives a body headed…


Top Aide to Ukrainian President Targeted by Gunfire in Assassination Attempt

A top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was targeted by a volley of gunfire on Wednesday during an apparent assassination attempt, authorities said. A statement released by national police confirmed more than 10 bullets were fired at the vehicle of Serhiy Shefir at about 10 a.m. near the village of Lesnyky, several miles outside the Ukrainian…


Cash for Moise Killing Came From South Florida Man, Cops Claim. He Did Nothing Wrong, Lawyer Says

By Jay Weaver, Kevin G. Hall, Jacqueline Charles, and Antonio Maria Delgado From Miami Herald MIAMI—The rule of thumb in any good investigation is to follow the money. For Haitian police investigating the July 7 assassination of their president, the money trail partially runs through a little-known Ecuadorian emigre and a private lender who lives in Broward…


US Delegation to Haiti Met All Three Claimants to Power: White House

WASHINGTON—U.S. officials sent to Haiti by President Joe Biden’s administration in the wake of the assassination of its president met with three politicians who have all staked claims to lead Haiti’s government, the White House said on Monday. Representatives of the White House National Security Council and the departments of Homeland Security, Justice and State…


Haitian Police Arrest US-Based Doctor Over Assassination of President

A Haitian-born doctor based in Florida was arrested Sunday and is believed to be a “central” suspect in the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse, who was killed early Wednesday during an overnight raid of his home. National police chief Leon Charles announced the arrest of Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a 63-year-old doctor, during a press…


Rival Haitian Leaders Battle for Power After President’s Assassination

PORT-AU-PRINCE—A power struggle is brewing in Haiti as the man appointed prime minister shortly before the assassination of Haiti’s president this week said he—not the acting premier—should lead the Caribbean nation and was forming a government to that effect. Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon who was named prime minister by President Jovenel Moise on Monday, two…


Haiti Suspect’s Wife Says Husband Recruited

BOGOTA, Colombia—The wife of a former Colombian soldier arrested in Haiti in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse says her husband was recruited by a security firm to travel to the Dominican Republic last month. The woman told Colombia’s W Radio on Friday that her husband, Francisco Uribe, was hired for $2,700 a month by…


Wife of Suspect in Assassination of Haiti’s President Says Husband Was Recruited

BOGOTA, Colombia—The wife of a former Colombian soldier arrested in Haiti in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse says her husband was recruited by a security firm to travel to the Dominican Republic last month. The woman told Colombia’s W Radio on Friday that her husband, Francisco Uribe, was hired for $2,700 a month by…