Port au Prince –
Assassination of the President of Haiti Jovenel Moise leaving a big question mark. Who was the mastermind behind Miose’s murder?
As reported Reuters, Saturday (10/7/2021), Police Haiti previously revealed that murder Moses at his residence in the early hours of Wednesday (7/7), carried out by a commando unit consisting of 28 people. The killing team is said to have consisted of 26 Colombians and two Americans of Haitian descent.
Moise’s killers are referred to as mercenaries by Haitian authorities, but the motives and intellectual actors behind the killings remain unclear.
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The President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, was killed in an attack on his private residence in the early hours of Wednesday (7/7). The killers have now been arrested. Photo: AP/Joseph Odelyn– |
Of the total 28 suspects involved, 17 of them were caught alive, three people died, and 8 others are still being hunted. The arrests were made in the Petionville area, a suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince, involving a shootout between police and the suspects.
2 U.S. citizens
The two US citizens involved in the murder were identified as James Solages (35) and Joseph Vincent (55). Both are known to come from Florida, USA.
 The President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, was killed in an attack on his private residence in the early hours of Wednesday (7/7). The killers have now been arrested. Photo: AP/Joseph Odelyn– |
“We are aware of the arrests of two US citizens in Haiti and are monitoring the situation closely,” a State Department spokesman said.
In its latest statement on Friday (9/7) local time, the White House announced it would send senior officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to Haiti to assist local authorities in their investigation.
“The United States remains engaged and in close consultation with our Haitian and international partners to support the Haitian people following the assassination of their president,” said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
17 Former Colombian Soldiers
Colombia’s police chief, Police General Jorge Luis Vargas, said 17 Colombians “may have joined the Colombian national army,” which left the military between 2018 and 2020.
Vargas further said that of the 17 former soldiers, two of them died at the hands of the Haitian police and 15 are now being held.
 The President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, was killed in an attack on his private residence in the early hours of Wednesday (7/7). The killers have now been arrested. Photo: AP/Joseph Odelyn– |
Colombian authorities did not provide further information about the military careers of the former soldiers or their reasons for leaving the military. However, local newspaper El Tiempo said one of those arrested was identified as Manuel Antonio Grosso Guarin, 40, who is said to be one of Colombia’s most experienced soldiers.
Vargas revealed that the two Colombian suspects had flown from Bogota to Panama on May 6 and from there continued on to Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, where they stayed four days before flying to Haiti.
The other Colombian suspects are known to have flown to Panama first before connecting to the Dominican Republic on June 4, and continuing on to Port-au-Prince, via the resort city of Punta Cana which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
Colombian authorities said they had information about the involvement of four companies in the assassination of the Haitian president, but they gave no further details.
The President of Colombia, Ivan Duque, announced in a statement that the Head of the Colombian Intelligence Directorate and the Director of Intelligence at the Colombian National Police would be sent to Haiti with Interpol to assist with the investigation.
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