The Honorary Consul of Colombia in Haiti, Julio César Santa, visited on Saturday, August 7 the 18 Colombians detained by the police authorities for their alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

“Our consul in Haiti visited the 18 Colombians detained in Port-au-Prince this Saturday. He indicated that they have received a medical evaluation, that they are in better health and that they are isolated from the rest of the prison population in an appropriate place”, wrote on Sunday the Vice-President of Colombia and Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Lucía Ramírez on his official Twitter account.

Marta Lucia Ramírez met once again with the Ambassador of Haiti in Colombia, Jean Mary Exil, and reiterated her demand to guarantee dignified and safe conditions of detention for the Colombians detained in Haiti and informed that, in the next days, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Echeverri will visit Haiti, accompanied by a delegation of relatives concerning the repatriation in the coming days of the bodies of Colombians killed during clashes with the Haitian security forces, following the assassination of the Haitian President.

“Today, I met the families of nationals detained and deceased in Haiti. I told them that we will not leave them alone in this process and I stressed that the situation has been unfair with our country: the world has once again pointed the finger at Colombia and this image is negative for the country”, Chancellor Ramirez reported on her Twitter account. She also insisted that the Colombians detained will benefit from a legal defense.