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Haiti announces arrest of leading suspect in president’s killing as U.S. officials arrive to discuss assistance Widlore Merancourt, Samantha Schmidt
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Authorities said Sunday they have arrested a Haitian man suspected of playing a leading role in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, allegedly recruiting some of the assailants by telling them they would be his bodyguards.
The announcement came as senior FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials arrived in the country to discuss how the United States might assist after Moïse’s killing last week.
National Police Chief Leon Charles said Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, landed in Haiti on a private plane in early June with “political objectives” and recruited a team through a Venezuelan security firm based in the United States. The team’s mission changed when one member was presented with an arrest warrant for Moïse. The president was shot to d
Police say suspect in killing of Haiti’s Moïse planned to assume presidency Widlore Merancourt, Samantha Schmidt
Replay Video UP NEXT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Authorities said Sunday they have arrested a Haitian man suspected of playing a leading role in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, allegedly recruiting some of the assailants by telling them they would be his bodyguards. Police said Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, planned to assume the presidency and hire some of the men as his security team. Sanon is reportedly a doctor with long-standing ties to Florida. The announcement of his arrest came as senior FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials arrived in Haiti Sunday to discuss how the United States might assist after Moïse’s killing last week.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Haitian authorities announced this Sunday (11) the arrest of one of the alleged masterminds of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, Dr. Emmanuel Sanon.
“When the bandits’ advance was blocked, the first person they called was Emmanuel Sanon,” said the director-general of the Haitian National Police, Léon Charles.
Haitian citizens hold up passports as they gather in front of the US Embassy in Tabarre, Haiti. (Photo internet reproduction)
Police are also investigating two other alleged masterminds of the assassination, who were in contact with Sanon, a Haitian-born doctor based in Florida, but their identities were not disclosed.
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The lull in gang violence that came in the wake of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse s assassination is now over, with Port-au-Prince s most powerful gang leader, Jimmy Barbecue Cherizier, calling on his followers to take to the streets and demand justice against this cowardly attack by foreign mercenaries in the country.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and before Moïse s assassination last week, was already in turmoil. There have been protests for months over inflation and food shortages and government corruption, with deadly gang violence an ongoing issue hundreds have been killed in Port-au-Prince alone this year.