• History Assassinations in Latin America: from Allende, Trujillo and Somoza to the frustrated Castro or Duque

  • Assassination They neutralize the foreign command that assassinated the president of Haiti, Jovenel Moise

  • Analysis The first assassination in Haiti in a century

The Haitian National Police (PNH) has captured 17 mercenaries as alleged perpetrators of the assassination of President

Jovenel Moïse

, in several cases with the help of the people.

Of the 17, 15 are Colombian nationals and two are from the United States, as confirmed by the interim prime minister,

Claude Joseph.

The attackers posed as agents of the US Drug Enforcement Unit (DEA) to deploy around the presidential home.

In the "great operation carried out by our police," the government reported

, another four of the mercenaries were killed and seven more are being searched intensively,

but the police forces do not know if all of them have survived in the shootings.

Therefore, the command consisted of 28 men.

The group was

presented to the press,

including American

James Solages, based

in Florida and security expert.

The names of at least four of the Colombians are also known:

Alejandro Giraldo, John Jairo Ramírez, Víctor Albeiro Pinera and Manuel Antonio Groso.

They are all being questioned by the police.

All the suspects and the weapons seized from the command suspected of having perpetrated the assassination of Haiti.Joseph OdelynAP

Haiti has asked the international community for help to continue the investigation, although the government has identified the oligarchs against whom Moïse was fighting as the main suspects.

"Justice must be done for the president and for his government, we

must seek out his enemies and submit them to be tried for the crime. We are investigating," insisted the interim prime minister, Claude Joseph.

Of the five vehicles requisitioned from the assassination command, three were set on fire by the mobs.

"Keep helping and if you see something, say so," exhorted the current strong man of the country to the population.

The state of siege continues in the country.

For its part, the Colombian Government stated this Thursday that two of the Colombians detained in Haiti are

retired members of the Colombian Army.

"Today, Interpol has officially requested information from the Colombian Government and our National Police about the alleged perpetrators of this act. Initially, the information indicates that they are Colombian citizens, retired members of the National Army," the minister said in a statement. Defense,

Diego Molano.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • international

  • America

David Castillo, former president of the DESA hydroelectric company, is condemned as 'co-author' of the murder of Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres

HistoryMagnicides in Latin America: from Allende, Trujillo and Somoza to the frustrated Castro or Duque

AmericaFour alleged assassins of the president of Haiti dead and two arrested in Port-au-Prince

See links of interest

  • Last News

  • Work calendar

  • Home THE WORLD TODAY

  • Stage 12 of the Tour, live

  • Spain - France, live