Why Was Haiti’s President Assassinated?

<p>In July, a group of men stormed the presidential compound in Haiti and<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/podcasts/the-daily/haiti-president-assassinated.html"> assassinated</a> the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse. Months later, the case remains unresolved.</p><p>Investigating the killing, the Times journalist Maria Abi-Habib found that Mr. Moïse had begun compiling a list of powerful Haitian businessmen and political figures involved in an intricate drug trafficking network.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/maria-abi-habib?smid=pc-thedaily">Maria Abi-Habib</a>, bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for The New York Times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Mr. Moïse took a number of steps to fight drug and arms smugglers. Some officials now fear<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/world/americas/jovenel-moise-haiti-president-drug-traffickers.html"> he was killed for it</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>