killer. just 36 hours after a group of more than two dozen colombians and two haitian americans allegedly assassinated a president, most would be detained or declared dead. this is how that happened according to a source with knowledge of the operation to track them down. night time video from around the time of the president s death quickly went viral where you could hear a suspect claiming that there was a dea operation on going. later a convoy of five cars could be seen leaving the area with ease. but down the road a trap was being set. as the convey traveled down ken s cough road, a road block was ready. heavily armed security forces would not let them pass without a fight. arriving and seeing they couldn t go any further, the convoy stops. part of which you could see here. our source said the suspects jumped out and saw this building across the road. they raced toward it,
the plot to kill haiti s president and the pursuit that followed his assassination. police chasing the suspected attackers through the streets of the capitol. cnn s matt rivers is live in port-au-prince with this exclusive report. matt, you ve been able to recover some remarkable details on how this unfolded? reporter: we were able to spend a good chunk of time with a very key source here in port-au-prince who really took the time to walk us through in detail so much about what happened in the key 36 hours after this assassination. hours after haiti s president was assassinated, gunfire still crackled through port-au-prince. but this time it was the alleged assassins under attack. as bullets slammed into the concrete walls around the group, one fighter called his sister. he told me they were in a house under siege under fire and fighting, she added he s not a
having at least one vaccination, still hovering below 50% of the population being fully vaccinated, we would not see that among the vaccinated folks and populations life resuming some semblance of normality. and this is why our message needs to remain clear. we are not out of the woods. vigilance needs to still be our main and primary goal. we see that this delta variant in states where you have low vaccination rates are like missouri or states in the south, like florida or even like arkansas or even in wyoming, those states unfortunately are a set up for disaster. but we could prevent that. they re very important lessons in what we re talking about right now. doctor, thank you very much. coming up for us, exclusive cnn reporting on the frantic search for the group that killed haiti s president. an inside look at the wild chase to capture the suspects. .
on the back side of the building. and eventually they make their way to a seemingly strange destination. just about 100 meters up the hill from the building lies the taiwan embassy. our source thinks the colombians went through because it wasn t an easy place for police to enter given the diplomatic immunity. they had to walk through a residential neighborhood and someone tips off authorities that a group of heavily armed men was here. when they arrived at embassy, they found a largely empty building except for two security guards whom they tied up. security forces quickly surrounded the embassy and then turned their attention back to the building below where they believed a few suspects remained. it was time to go in. a small assault team went in on the ground floor. and were met with fierce fire that you could hear from the handful of colombians still inside. the hour-long fire fight
immediately taking the stairs to the second floor. it is in this building that the alleged mersenys will defend themselves but they re coming in here, haitian security forces are making a crucial decision, they know that these alleged attackers have limited, food, water and ammunition and no power. so they essentially decide to wait them out. about 12 hours later after baking in 90 plus degree haitian heat, authorities throw tear gas in front of the building. it is enough to force negotiations and the colombians inside send out four people. including this man, one of two haitian americans who authorities have detained. he s joined by the other haitian american and two haitian hostages. a pair of police officers who were at the president s house. according to our source, at some point during the negotiations, a group of the colombians still here come out of the building and start heading up this hill