Haiti police say president's killers were Colombian and US citizens [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

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Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise lie on the floor at police headquarters in Port-au-Prince after their arrest on July 8. AP Photo

AFP
Port-au-Prince
Jul 9, 2021

A 28-member hit squad of Americans and Colombians assassinated Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, police say, adding that eight are still at large.

One day after Moise was killed and his wife Martine wounded by gunmen in their Port-au-Prince home, the poorest country in the Americas has no president or working parliament and two men claiming to be in charge as prime minister.

Police paraded some of the suspects before the media on Thursday, along with Colombian passports and weapons they had seized. The head of the Haiti's National Police, Leon Charles, vowed to track the other eight down.

"It was a team of 28 assailants, 26 of whom were Colombian, who carried out the operation to assassinate the president," Mr Charles said.

"We have arrested 15 Colombians and the two Americans of Haitian origin. Three Colombians have been killed while eight others are on the loose."

Authorities said earlier that four of the suspects had been killed. Mr Charles did not explain the discrepancy.

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