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Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Haiti’s interim government has asked the U.S. and U.N. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare for elections in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination.
The stunning request for U.S. military support recalled the tumult following Haiti’s last presidential assassination, in 1915, when an angry mob dragged President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam out of the French Embassy and beat him to death. In response, President Woodrow Wilson sent the Marines into Haiti, justifying the American military occupation which lasted nearly two decades as a way to avert anarchy.
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Haitian Police Arrest 11 Assassination Suspects at Taiwan Embassy
Haitian National Police
9 Jul 2021
Haitian police on Thursday arrested 11 suspects believed to be involved in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise on Wednesday for forcibly entering the grounds of the Taiwan Embassy in Haiti, Taiwan News reported.
“Early Thursday morning the embassy’s security team discovered a band of armed men had breached the facility’s security perimeter,” Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman Joanne Ou told Taiwan News on July 9.
“The men had managed to make their way past the security guard station and entered the embassy’s courtyard. Upon discovering the breach, security personnel immediately notified embassy staff and the Haitian police,” according to Ou.