details about one of the alleged masterminds behind the brazen assassination of president moise. (multiple gunshots) authorities say, 63-year-old christian emmanuel sanon a msitian based in fan assumthe ey a raid on his home revealed 20 boxes of bullets a list of hit squad members and a d.e.a. hat, according to police. the attackers claimed to be d.e.a. agents when entering the president s compound last wednesday. sanon has spoken out against haiti s leaders in the past. where is the leadership of haiti? reporter: but exactly how this doctor and pastor who once filed for bankruptcy, became the central figure in the plot remains unclear. sanon is alleged to have hired the 26 colombians involved in the attack through c.t.u. security, a florida based security firm run by a venezuelan. most of the colombians alleged to have been involved have been arrested, as have two haitian americans who claim they were hired as translators.
moise. where is theleadership of haiti? nowhere to be found. you know why? because they re corrupt. reporter: tonight, he is behind bars in port-au-prince. we tried to see him today at the jail. we re here to see but we were told to turn our camera off and that visitors weren t allowed. haiti s chief of police says he wanted to take over the government, that he came to haiti on a private plane in june and he had contracted with a venezuelan security company to enlist the services of the 19 colombian man under arrest. authorities raided his home and say they found guns, ammunition and shooting targets. but so many questions remain about his alleged involvement. tonight, the flags here still at half staff, even as people start to venture out of their homes again. and while it seems that life is getting back to some bit of normalcy here in port-au-prince, there are concerns about safety. a nor or the use gang leader calling on his followers to take to the streets violently in protes
gabe gutierrez joins us with the latest on all of this. i have spent a lot of time in haiti. this is a country, an island plagued with conflict for years and years. haiti is asking the u.s. to send military. we have not done so yet. what is going on there? hi there, stephanie. the white house says there s no plans to send in the military, at least not yet. the fbi and dhs officials mets with the acting prime minister appointed two days before president moise s death. as you know several officials are jockeying for power right now in the country adding to the instability. you are looking apt video from this assassination last week that authorities have been investigating. in a late night news conference yesterday they announced new arrests. they say about 29, at least 29
plotters behind the assassination of the president moise. the arrest makes him the third haitian american to be arrested in the killing. the miami herald first broke the story. roughly two dozen have been arrested, including 18 colombian mercenaries. over the weekend the interim haitian government called on the u.s. for military assistance. a senior biden administration official told the washington post that the u.s. has no plans to do so at this time. earlier today a delegation of u.s. officials who traveled to haiti briefed president biden about the situation on the ground. for the latest on both situations, i m joined by nora torres, who covers cuban and u.s. latin american policy for the miami herald and gary pierre pierre, founder of the haitian times. i want to start with you, nora. break down for me, because having been to cuba, i can tell you that it s surprising to see people so openly protesting. it is there is no doubt when you are in cuba that it is a very strictly
calls about the dictatorship, shouts of down with the president and really calls for freedom. you could hear also many shouting a slogan against the government. and so really, yes, i think covid was a cause but it was a combination of things. this has been mounting for months. anthem. gary, let s talk about haiti foa a moment because this is a bizarre story. we have this assassination of president moise, and then you have these colombian mercenaries arrested and then there are these statements that, you know, sort of it seems like they were trying to blame the dea. it s been really messy. now, there s this word that haitian american has been arrested. what on earth is going on in haiti? well, joy, first of all, thanks for having me.