As the investigation into the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse intensifies, authorities in both Haiti and Colombia announced some details on the 28 suspects.
According to reports, 17 were detained, eight fled and three were killed during a shootout with Haitian authorities in Petionville, a hillside suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince.
Diego Molano, Colombia’s defense minister, told the press that 26 suspects identified in Haiti are retired members of the Colombian military and 15 of the 17 detained were born in Colombia.
The Colombians who were part of a heavily armed commando unit entered Haiti from the Dominican Republic and spent more than a month in the country preparing for the assassination.
Colombian authorities also confirmed that they are fully cooperating with The International Criminal Police Organization, otherwise known as “Interpol” as the massive investigation rolls on.
Meanwhile, Mathias Pierre, Haiti’s minister of elections, revealed that the remaining two suspects detained are Haitian-Americans, identified as James Solages and Joseph Vincent.
The 53-year-old President was murdered at his home on Wednesday by what officials have described as a foreign group of trained killers.
