Janeline Carmona, mother of retired Colombian Army Second Lieutenant Jheyner Carmona, assured this Friday to Efe that his son & quot; kidnapped” in Haiti, where he is being held for allegedly participating in the assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise last year. kidnapped in that country (…). What I ask is that there be due process,” he said. The woman, who lives in the department of Santander, in eastern Colombia, called by phone.
The statements made by Carmona’s mother come just two days after a video was released by local media in which retired Colombian soldiers detained for the assassination denounce ill-treatment, poor nutrition and that they have no guarantees. Legal ace in Port-au-Prince.
“They over there They are without food, they eat every two days, we know that from the families that have gone there. (…). They have to relieve themselves of the body in the same cell & quot;, he said, and added & oacute; that “they live in the midst of rats and they take food to them in a wheelbarrow and in that same wheelbarrow they collect the excrement of the prisoners”. denounced In addition, “there is no water, its conditions are subhuman.”
Moise was assassinated on July 7, 2021 at his home in Port-au-Prince by an armed command made up of 48 people, including 18 Colombians and 2 Americans of Haitian origin, who were detained.
NO GUARANTEES
Carmona asked for for his son “an international court” in which he and his companions are allowed to speak, because “being in that country they cannot speak, there is no judge, there are no lawyers, there is nothing.”
“I know that they want to speak and prove the truth to the world and their innocence. I know that my son is innocent, my son was deceived,” he said. the woman.
Likewise, he said that the cost of the lawyers has been a problem because he does not have the money to pay them, since “each one asks for 800 million pesos (about 200,000 dollars).” “I don’t have that money and they don’t guarantee us anything,” he assured.
SURPRISE
Milena Carmona, the partner of the retired second lieutenant, showed His surprise at the video and the letters received in the last few days, since they have not been able to have direct contact in 10 months.
“They have not had the right to a call,” he affirmed. ; to Efe and added: that the last letters he received they arrived “in December with October and September dates.”
The little information they receive is from the honorary consul in Puerto Principe, Julio Santa, who “tries to go every week”.
“The issue of security in that country is very complicated and sometimes it is difficult for him to get to the prison and he explains it to us through audios,” he said. the couple of the retired soldier.
On the other hand, they have made “diplomatic steps” with the UN, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the International Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
“Proceedings and complaints have been made because their human rights have been violated, the rights of detainees. They are kidnapped in that prison and I say so (that they are kidnapped) because they have not been charged”, he added.
Last January, the Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister, Marta Lucía Ramírez, criticized the The ineffectiveness of the Haitian Justice to advance in the investigation of Moise’s murder, since the process against the Colombians has barely advanced.
In a meeting with the press, Ramírez also said that Consul Santa was threatened for defending the rights of Colombians to humane treatment and a fair trial.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to request the help of the United Nations in the investigation of the assassination.
The assassination is also under investigation. being investigated by the United States Justice, where two suspects are detained, the Haitian Rodolphe Jaar and the Colombian ex-military Mario Antonio Palacios.