Probe into Haitian president's assassination reaches far and wide
By
Rachel Pannett
,
Anthony Faiola
,
Shawn Boburg
and Widlore Merancourt
July 9, 2021|Updated today at 6:13 a.m. EDT
Haitian authorities sought international assistance in their hunt for the masterminds behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, as they try to maintain a precarious political order in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
The bizarre plot that killed the 53-year-old president and seriously wounded his wife, Martine, in their home in the Pelerin 5 neighborhood in the hills above Port-au-Prince on Wednesday is now reaching beyond Haiti’s borders.
Haitian authorities said two U.S. citizens of Haitian descent, identified as James Solages, 35, and Joseph Vincent, 55, are among those arrested. Colombia’s government confirmed late Thursday that some of the suspects were former members of the Colombian army, and that they would send information to aid in the investigation.
As firefights between police and suspects continued on Thursday, the Embassy of Taiwan in Port-au-Prince said Haitian police had, with the approval of the Asian island’s authorities, entered its grounds and seized 11 people who had broken into the compound and were holed up there.
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