Let’s Talk About Martine Moise

Do You Know the Haitian First Lady Who Survived a Double Assassination Attempt?

Olivia Meadows
3 min readSep 21, 2021
image courtesy of Guyana Chronicle

The President of Haiti, Jovenal Moise, and his wife were victims of an overnight attack at their residence in Port-Au-Prince Haiti on July 7, 2021.

Martine Moise survived the assassination; her husband was not so fortunate.

Prior to the night of the incident, President, Jovenel Moise had been labelled an easy target by his own security team in conjunction with a band of former Columbian soldiers who carried out the mercenary act.

The Haitian police investigation team report,

During the attack his security team showed no intention of defending the Head of State, let alone the presidential family.

Martine Moise, wife of slain Haitian President told NBC News, “the men who assassinated my husband also believed they had killed me.”

In her description to NBC the First Lady recalls the horrifying details the night of July 7 when the assassins erupted into her home, shot her, and then killed her husband, the former President of Haiti.

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