Police chief Charles Leon paraded 17 men before journalists at a news conference late on Thursday, showing a number of Colombian passports plus assault rifles, machetes, walkie-talkies and materials including bolt cutters and hammers.
âForeigners came to our country to kill the president,â Charles said. âThere were 26 Colombians, identified by their passports, and two Haitian Americans as well.â
He said 15 Colombians were captured, as well as two Haitian Americans. Three of the assailants were killed and eight remained on the run, Charles said.
Police in Haiti displayed passports, weapons, tools and other items to the media along with the men suspected of assassinating president Jovenel Moïse. Photograph: Reuters
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