Haiti prosecutor seeks to charge PM in killing, is replaced

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO
Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A new chief prosecutor has been sworn in hours after his predecessor asked a Haitian judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and to bar him from leaving Haiti. The move could further destabilize a country roiled by turmoil following the assassination and a recent major earthquake. Port-au-Prince prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude was replaced by the prime minister Tuesday — the same day that he had requested Henry come to a meeting and explain why a key suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse called him twice just hours after the killing. There was no comment from Henry’s spokesman. It isn’t clear if Claude was officially remove before he made the request to the judge about charging Henry.