UN Report Says Gang Violence Spreading To Haiti’s Rural Regions

Former police officer Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier (not pictured), leader of the 'G9' coalition, is accompanied by Security during a march against Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo © Thomson Reuters  

CNN: Gang violence spreading to Haiti’s rural reaches, UN report says 

A UN report released Tuesday details a wave of violence that has swept Haiti’s rural reaches, describing gang raids on villages and alarming levels of food insecurity caused by the targeting of farmers in the country’s historic breadbasket. 

The report, from the UN Human Rights Office and the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, offers a stark analysis of the spread of gangs in the poor Caribbean nation, which has seen deepening unrest since the 2021 assassination of then-President Jovenel Moise.

Past attention has largely focused on Port-au-Prince, the capital, where warring gangs have forced thousands of people from their homes and into makeshift encampments across the sprawling city. In Bas-Artibonite, the focus of the UN report and the center of Haitian rice production located some 100 kilometers from the capital, there are now more than 20 “extremely violent” criminal groups fighting for turf, it says. Some 1,690 people were killed, injured, or kidnapped from January 2022 through last month, the report also says. 

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UN Report Says Gang Violence Spreading To Haiti’s Rural Regions 

Haiti: Gangs move into rural areas as Türk says new force 'must be deployed' -- UN News Center  

Haiti: UN report says gang violence spreading, urges speedy deployment of multinational security mission -- OHCHR  

UN warns that gang violence is overwhelming Haiti's once peaceful central region -- AP  

Haiti Gang Wars Now 'Cataclysmic' in Key Farmlands -UN Report -- Reuters  

Haiti’s gang wars having ‘cataclysmic’ impact on access to food staples -- The Guardian

FBI Warns Americans To Stay Away From Haiti Due To Spiralling Violence

 

Miami Herald: As kidnappings, gang violence surge in Haiti, FBI warns Americans, residents to stay away 

The FBI is warning U.S. citizens and permanent residents, especially those living in South Florida, to stay away from Haiti. 

The warning comes as Haiti’s embattled police force faces increasing attacks from warring gangs and as the violence in Port-au-Prince, according to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, has reached levels similar to countries at war.

“The people of Haiti continue to suffer one of the worst human rights crises in decades and a major humanitarian emergency,” Guterres said in his latest report to the U.N. Security Council.

 “With the high number of fatalities and increasing areas under the control of armed gangs, insecurity in the capital has reached levels comparable to countries in armed conflict.”  

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Update: FBI issues dire warning to Americans thinking of traveling to Caribbean nation as crime skyrockets in 2023 (FOX News)  

WNU editor: You know the place is falling apart when this happens .... Crowd kills over a dozen suspected gang members in Haiti (CNN).

Prominent Haitian Politician Shot Dead As Violent Gangs And Political Turmoil Push The Country To The ‘Edge Of Collapse’

 

CNN: Haitian politician shot dead, as violent gangs and political turmoil push country to the ‘edge of collapse’ 

A Haitian politician has been shot dead outside his home, authorities have said, as international concerns intensify over the gang violence, political turmoil and humanitarian crises that have seized control of the country. 

Eric Jean Baptiste was killed on Friday night outside his home in the capital Port-au-Prince, local police told CNN.

He was the leader of the Rally of Progressive National Democrats Party (RNDP), a minor political party in Haiti, and launched a longshot presidential bid in 2016. A security guard was also killed in the attack, the police spokesperson said. Baptiste survived an earlier attempt on his life in 2018, escaping with a bullet wound. 

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Update #1: High-profile Haitian politician killed in apparent gang attack, reports say (Reuters)  

Update #2: Haitian political leader Eric Jean Baptiste fatally shot (AP)  

WNU Editor: I personally visited Haiti about 20 years ago to work with a friend of mine who is a Canadian-Haitian and who wanted to provide computer networks to the government and NGOs. It failed. 

Truth be told the gangs have always been in control .... Haitian ambassador warns criminal gangs may overrun country (The Guardian). And sending international troops is certainly not going to solve the problem .... As U.N. mulls sending troops to Haiti, a gang's rise shows how hard that would be (Reuters).

No One Wants To Support U.S. Proposals To Deploy A Rapid Military Force To Haiti

Haitian National police officers deploy tear gas during a protest demanding the resignation of Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry after weeks of shortages in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 17. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo  

Stars and Stripes/Miami Herald: US resolution proposing rapid force for Haiti imperiled: 'No one is stepping up' 

A proposal by the United States encouraging the rapid deployment of an international military force to Haiti is on the verge of failure after no country volunteered to contribute troops, multiple sources tell McClatchy and the Miami Herald. 

Biden administration officials are debating whether to scrap the U.S. resolution, circulated among U.N. Security Council members, unless a foreign partner steps up and offers troops in the next few days. 

The potential reversal is a diplomatic setback for the White House, which had been hoping to corral an armed, foreign force that would be backed with equipment, training and logistical support from the United States.  

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WNU Editor: Haiti is a failed state. And no one wants to get stuck in that quagmire right now. 

No One Wants To Support U.S. Proposals To Deploy A Rapid Military Force To Haiti  

US wants to find a country to lead Haiti military intervention by early November -- AP  

US wants to find a country to lead Haiti military intervention by early November -- Miami Herald  

US official rejects reports that multinational Haiti force is ‘in trouble’ -- The Hill  

U.S. confident of U.N. resolution, multinational task force on Haiti in early November -- Reuters

U.N. Secretary-General Proposes Rapid-Response Troops To Help Haiti

 

Miami Herald: U.N. Secretary-General proposes rapid-response troops to help Haiti regain control from gangs 

The head of the United Nations threw his weight Sunday behind Haiti’s request for the immediate deployment of military troops to help the country take back control of its ports from powerful gangs and provide aid as Haitians confront a deadly cholera outbreak. 

Among Secretary-General António Guterres’ proposals in a letter to the Security Council: the quick deployment of a rapid-action armed force to Haiti, made up of military personnel from one or more foreign nations, to help the Haiti National Police get fuel and water flowing in the country again.  

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WNU Editor: Not everyone is on board .... ‘More bullets, more bloodshed’: Haiti aid groups warn against request for foreign forces (The Guardian). 

 U.N. Secretary-General Proposes Rapid-Response Troops To Help Haiti  

UN ponders rapid armed force to help end Haiti's crisis -- AP  

U.N. chief suggests rapid action force to help Haiti -- Reuters  

Guterres Pushes For International Troop Deployment To Crisis-hit Haiti -- AFP

Anarchy In Haiti With Gangs Now In Control Of The Streets

 

Axios: Haiti's gangs run the streets as fuel and water run low 

The blockade of Haiti’s main fuel terminal by a federation of gangs has made it nearly impossible for millions of Haitians to obtain fuel and increasingly difficult to find drinking water or food.  

The big picture: Three-quarters of Haiti’s hospitals have closed due to “the fuel crisis, insecurity and looting,” the UN says, just as cholera is beginning to spread around the country.

* Gang leaders and protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, backed by demonstrations that have at times turned violent.  

Driving the news: Henry appealed last night for international assistance, though he didn't specifically request a military intervention.  

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Anarchy In Haiti With Gangs Now In Control Of The Streets

Calls for help, humanitarian corridor as gangs siege Haiti -- AP  

Haiti's PM Henry calls for foreign help amid gang blockade -- Reuters  

Haiti: Fuel crisis prompts appeal for humanitarian corridor amid cholera outbreak -- UN News 

UN calls for humanitarian corridor in Haiti’s crisis-hit capital -- Al Jazeera

Gang Rule Now Engulfing Haiti's Capital

 

The Guardian: ‘They have no fear and no mercy’: gang rule engulfs Haitian capital  

Violence has spread from the poorest slums to the city centre as up to 200 gangs carve up Port-au-Prince 

Jean Michel thought his neighbourhood in the north of Port-au-Prince, far from the capital’s infamous slums, would shield his family from the violence engulfing the Haitian capital. 

But in May young men started coming into town on motorcycles, armed with assault rifles. By June, they were seizing control of the area. And in July the bandits had become the de facto authority, snatching up children to join their ranks and raping any women who took their fancy.  

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WNU Editor: It looks like the crisis in Haiti is about to get worse .... As protests, looting continue, a tropical storm may be zeroing in on Haiti (Miami Herald). 

Gang Rule Now Engulfing Haiti's Capital  

Haiti riots: Calls for calm after anti-government violence -- BBC  

Water shortage worsens misery amid Haiti unrest -- Reuters 

Misery deepens in Haiti as unrest rages and water shortages bite -- Al Jazeera 

WFP warehouse looted in the midst of Haitian unrest -- News 360

Haiti In Utter Chaos

Demonstrators react to the smoke of a burning barricade during a protest against insecurity, inflation and to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, September 7. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol  

McClatchy News: Ignited by fuel costs, Haiti looting, violence escalate, targeting charities, politicians 

Popular discontent continued across Haiti Thursday as more foreign embassies closed their doors and protesters targeted businesses and charity warehouses, the government-owned television station and the home of a former senator in the hills above Port-au-Prince.

In Washington, the president of the Dominican Republic, addressing hemispheric leaders at the Organization of American States, warned that what is happening in the territory of his crisis-wrecked neighbor was akin to “a low-intensity civil war” that can no longer be ignored.  

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WNU Editor: The President of the Dominican Republic sums it up. The territory of his crisis-wrecked neighbor was akin to “a low-intensity civil war” that can no longer be ignored. 

More News On The Unrest In Haiti  

Violent protests flare up in Haiti over fuel price hikes, rampant crime -- Reuters  

Protesters loot businesses, attempt to ransack National Television Station in Haiti -- Miami Herald 

2 journalists killed in Haiti while reporting on violence -- AP  

Violence, looting, protests in Haiti prompt shuttering of embassies -- La Prensa Latina  

Dominican Republic closes its embassy and consulates in Haiti -- Dominican Today

Gun Battles Rage In Haiti's Port-au-Prince

 

BBC: Haiti gang violence: Gun battles rage in Port-au-Prince 

A war between Haitian gangs which has left hundreds dead since it flared up three weeks ago has spread to the centre of the capital, Port-au-Prince. 

Gang members engaged in a fierce gun battle with each other and with police on Wednesday. 

The city's temporary cathedral caught fire amid the fighting. 

It is not yet known how many people were killed in this latest battle but UN figures suggest more than 200 died between 8 and 17 July. 

Previously, the focal points of the battle between the G9 criminal alliance and a rival alliance calling itself G-Pèp had centred around the impoverished neighbourhood of Cité Soleil. But on Wednesday, video showed police confronting gang members not far from the presidential palace. 

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Gun Battles Rage In Haiti's Port-au-Prince

Haiti Gangs Wage Battles in Downtown Port-Au-Prince -- Reuters  

Haiti: 471 people dead, mass kidnappings in one week of gang war in Port-au-Prince, says UN -- Times Now 

United Nations says more than 200 people have been killed in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince in just 10 days -- NZHerald 

Prosecutor accuses gang of setting Haiti courthouse on fire -- AP

Haiti Rocked For Weeks With Rival Gang Violence

 

Al Jazeera: Thousands trapped as gangs battle for control in Port-au-Prince 

MSF says corpses line only road into isolated area of Cite-Soleil, Haiti, which rival gangs have turned into a ‘battlefield’. 

Thousands of people are trapped without access to food, drinking water and medical care in an isolated part of the Haitian capital, Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) has said, as clashes between rival gangs in Port-au-Prince’s Cite-Soleil neighbourhood escalate. 

In a statement, the humanitarian aid group said residents have been unable to leave an area in Cite-Soleil known as Brooklyn, while trucks that bring drinking water into the neighbourhood have been unable to enter.  

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More News On The Ongoing violence In Haiti  

Dozens dead, injured in Haiti’s capital in gang clashes -- AP  

Week of gang battles kills dozens, deepens fuel crisis in Haiti -- France 24  

Gang Violence, Rising Prices Send Food Shortages in Haiti Spiraling Out of Control -- VOA  

Gang violence traps thousands in Haitian town -- DW  

Thousands trapped without water in Haitian capital, official says -- CNN

Haitian Prime Minister Survives Weekend Assassination Attempt

 

NBC/Reuters: Haitian prime minister survives weekend assassination attempt, his office says  

Video footage broadcast on social media shows Henry scrambling toward his vehicle after shooting breaks out during an event commemorating the country’s independence. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday commemorating the Caribbean country’s independence, his office said in a statement. 

Henry’s office said on Monday that “bandits and terrorists” had tried to shoot the prime minister at a church in the northern city of Gonaives where the ceremony marking the 218th anniversary of independence was taking place. 

Video footage broadcast on social media showed Henry and his entourage scrambling toward their vehicles as an armed group began shooting outside the cathedral in Gonaives. 

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Haitian Prime Minister Survives Weekend Assassination Attempt  

Haitian PM scrambles to safety as gunmen attempt to kill him at church, just five months after president was assassinated -- Daily Mail  

Haiti’s PM forced to flee after apparent assassination attempt outside church -- The Guardian/AP  

Haiti's prime minister 'survives assassination attempt' -- France 24  

Haiti prime minister survives assassination attempt -- DW  

Haitian prime minister escapes weekend assassination attempt -- NYPost 

Haiti PM flees under gunfire as violence continues to grip nation -- Al Jazeera

17 U.S. And Canadian Christian Missionaries And Their Children Kidnapped By Armed Gang In Haiti

 

Daily Mail: 'Please pray for us!! We are being held hostage': 16 American missionaries and their children, plus a Canadian citizen, are kidnapped by armed gang members in Haiti as abductee sends a secret WhatsApp message during abduction 

* A group of Christian missionaries and their family members were kidnapped by the 400 Mawozo gang on Saturday in La Trembley area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti 

* Officials say the group — which includes 16 Americans, a Canadian and several children — were kidnapped while leaving an orphanage in Croix des Bouquets 

* The missionaries were abducted from a bus headed to the airport near Carrefour Boen and La Tremblay 17 on the road to Ganthier 

* One of the abductees sent a voice message via WhatsApp saying: 'Please pray for us!! We are being held hostage. We don't know where they are taking us' 

* The US government is aware of the kidnapping reports and officials at the American embassy are reportedly 'working to see what can be done' 

* 400 Mawozo also kidnapped another group of Christian worshippers who were travelling to Ganthier in April, keeping them hostage for almost three weeks 

* A surge in gang violence has displaced thousands and hampered economic activity in the poorest country in the Americas 

A group of Christian missionaries and their family members were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince. 

The missionaries were abducted from a bus headed to the airport to drop off some members of the group before continuing to another destination in Haiti, a report by the New York Times stated, citing security officials from the crisis-engulfed Caribbean nation. 

The missionaries — which include 16 Americans, a Canadian citizen and several children — were taken in the area of La Tremblay by what was believed to be members of the 400 Mawozo gang, the Miami Herald reported. 

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More News On 17 U.S. And Canadian Christian Missionaries And Their Children Kidnapped By Armed Gang In Haiti  

Haiti gang kidnaps US missionary group, including children -- FOX News/AP  

Mass Abduction of U.S. Missionaries Startles Even Kidnap-Weary Haiti -- New York Times  

17 American and Canadian missionaries kidnapped by gang members in Haiti -- CNN  

Gang with past abductions blamed for kidnapping missionaries -- AP 

'400 Mawozo' gang believed to have kidnapped Christian missionaries in Haiti -- The Hill

Haiti On The Brink Of A Civil War?

Courtesy Jonathan Alpeyrie  

Daily Beast: His Name Is Barbecue—and He’s Ready to Plunge Haiti Into War 

PORT-AU-PRINCE—Since the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse on July 7, the small island nation has spiraled even further into chaos. From a devastating earthquake earlier this month, to violent gangs gaining ground, and rampant corruption within its elite, it is hard to see how the country will prosper. In fact, the current political elite’s inability to deal with and then fix any of these issues is a testimony to its unwillingness to care for its people, who are forced to fend for themselves. 

 In times of crisis, unlikely leaders often emerge. History is full of individuals who decide to take up arms and plunge into the unknown. In Haiti, this void will most likely see a rise of powerful gang bosses, including one of the country’s most notorious, Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue. The former police officer turned gang leader controls with his small army of armed young men the neighborhood of Delmas. For a few years now, Barbecue and his soldiers have consolidated their power base, amassing a large amount of assault rifles, hand guns, and cash—and the obedience of locals in and around his neighborhood.  

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WNU Editor: Haiti is a failed state where the government has limited authority and influence. On the street the real power is in the gangs. The Daily Beast looks at one of these gang leaders (Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue), and how he rules his part of Haiti.

A Week After Quake Haiti Faces Anger And Despair

 

Reuters: Haiti faces anger and despair a week after quake, fanning security fears 

MARCELINE, Haiti, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Tensions in Haiti were rising on Saturday over a lack of aid to remote areas hardest hit by last week's devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people in the impoverished Caribbean country. 

Many Haitians whose homes and livelihoods were destroyed by the magnitude 7.2 quake that struck on Aug. 14 said they were unsure how to even start rebuilding. 

Exasperation over the time it is taking for aid to come through began to boil over on Friday, with residents attacking aid trucks in several towns across the south of the nation.  

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Update: Haiti earthquake death toll rises to 2,200, more than 300 people still missing (AP)  

WNU Editor: Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world, but the region that was hit by this earthquake is viewed by most Haitians as the poorest in the country.

The Assassination Of Haiti's President -- News Updates July 13, 2021

 

Daily Mail: Friend of 'mastermind' behind assassination of Haiti president says America BACKED the killing - as it's revealed DEA informant and FBI informants are among suspected hitmen 

* Joseph Vincent, 55, was on the tarmac in Haiti when Haitian police officers handed over US fugitive Guy Philippe to DEA agents, who flew him back to Miami on drug trafficking charges in January 2017, said sources 

* Philippe led a 2004 coup against then-Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide that led to his overthrowing 

* The DEA was forced to admit one of the suspected assassins in Moïse's murder is a former informant 

* The suspect had reached out to his contact at the agency in the hours after the president's murder, with the agency helping plan his surrender to Haitian authorities 

* A number of other suspects are also former informants for the FBI, according to a report 

* Footage from the raid shows an attacker with a US accent shouting 'this is a DEA operation' while Haitian police also said they uncovered a DEA hat at the home of suspect Christian Emmanuel Sanon 

* Sanon is said to have claimed the mission would 'save Haiti from hell, with support from the US government' 

* Three US citizens were arrested over the assassination plot: Vincent, Sanon and James Solages 

One of the Americans arrested over the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was a DEA informant who handed over the warlord responsible for leading the last coup in the Caribbean nation, it has been revealed. 

The DEA has admitted one of their 'confidential sources' was involved in the assassination, denied it orchestrated the plot and disclosed that he called them after the killing and they advised him to hand himself in. Joseph Vincent, 55, has been named by sources to the Miami Herald as the DEA informant. 

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WNU Editor: This is a fascinating read .... Exclusive: A wild chase followed the assassination of Haiti's President (CNN). 

The Assassination Of Haiti's President -- News Updates July 13, 2021  

Live News Updates: Haiti Plans Funeral For President Jovenel Moïse -- New York Times  

Several of the men arrested in the Haitian president's assassination had ties to US law enforcement: reports -- Business Insider  

Haitian Activists Call for an End to Corruption and Violence -- NYT 

'Mastermind' of Haiti plot said he had been 'sent by God' to take over the country just weeks before assassination of the president -- Daily Mail 

Haitians apprehensive of foreign troops as government seeks U.S. help -- Reuters  

US personnel sent to protect embassy in Haiti -- The Hill  

Who's running Haiti after president's assassination? 5 questions answered -- The Conversation

The Assassination Of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse -- News Updates July 12, 2021

 

Daily Mail: PICTURED: The Florida doctor, 63, accused of leading plot to assassinate Haiti's President - as it's revealed he arrived on private jet before shooting with intention of taking over country 

* Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian doctor who is based in Florida, was arrested in connection with Haitian President Jovenel Moïse's assassination 

* He recently entered Haiti on a private plane 'with the intention of taking the Haitian presidency,' the Haitian National Police said in a statement on Sunday 

* He's the third person with US ties to be arrested in the murder 

* Sanon is accused of being one of the leaders of the assassination by recruiting CTU Security, which recruited the Colombians who carried out the hit 

* Three men are claiming to be the leader of the Caribbean country, which has plunged into chaos 

* In an effort to quell tensions, President Joe Biden sent a delegation of US officials to Haiti on Sunday to help with security and aid in the investigation 

* They will report back to Biden as the White House debates its next move 

A Haitian doctor based in Florida has been arrested and accused of being 'one of the leaders' behind the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. 

Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, who was arrested in Haiti, entered the country last month on a private plane 'with the intention of taking the Haitian presidency,' the National Police said in a statement on Sunday. 

He 'is the first person the attackers called' after President Moïse was shot dead early on Wednesday at his Port-au-Prince home, according the National Police.  

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WNU Editor: US officials have been in the country since yesterday assessing the situation .... US delegation meets with Haitian officials (The Hill). 

The Assassination Of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse -- News Updates July 12, 2021  

Haiti Live Updates: U.S. Doctor Held in President’s Assassination -- New York Times  

Haitian arrested has alleged tie to assassination masterminds -- FOX News/AP  

Haitian police arrest suspect accused of orchestrating President's assassination -- CNN  

Florida-based doctor arrested, accused of playing leading role in assassination of Haiti's president -- The Week  

The man suspected of masterminding the Haitian assassination planned to steal the presidency and hire the hitmen as official bodyguards, police say -- Business Insider  

Haiti police say murder suspect is middleman living in Florida -- The Guardian 

Florida suspect in Haiti president killing deepens mystery -- AP  

Haiti police arrest key assassination suspect with ties to Florida -- Axios  

Florida resident detained as part of Haiti investigation: What we know -- USA Today

Haitian Authorities Say The Gang That Killed Haiti's President Included 26 Colombians And Two Haitian Americans

Police lined up the 17 assassination suspects, including two American citizens and 15 Columbians, behind a table displaying an array of firearms, machetes, sledgehammers and several Colombian passports  

Daily Mail: PICTURED: Two American 'mercenaries' arrested alongside 15 Colombians over assassination of Haiti president Jovenel Moïse as three suspects are shot dead and eight remain on the run 

* Police say the gang that killed Haiti's president included 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans 

* Haitian police identified James Solages and Joseph Vincent as two US citizens suspected in assassination plot 

* Both are of Haitian descent and they are among 17 suspects detained in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse 

* The rest of the detained, dead and at-large suspects, are Colombian nationals, according to police officials 

* After saying seven died, police now say three other suspects were killed by cops and eight are on the run 

* Solages is the president of the board of directors of Jacmel First, a charity founded in south Florida in 2019 

* The charity focuses on ending childhood hunger in Haiti including through education, its website reads 

* Solages' bio describes him as ex-guard for Canadian embassy in Haiti, and a 'certified diplomatic agent' 

* At least two of the men brought in alive were found hiding in bushes by a mob of civilians who attacked them 

* Moïse was shot 12 times in Wednesday's early morning raid on his mansion in the hills above Port-au-Prince 

Haitian police now say that two US citizens are among 17 alleged 'foreign mercenaries' who have been arrested in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. James Solages, 35, and Joseph Vincent, both US citizens of Haitian descent, were arrested along with 15 Colombian nationals over Wednesday's brazen raid on Moïse's mansion in the hills above Port-au-Prince, according to Haitian police.

Solanges, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, is the president of a charity based in south Florida and claims to be a former bodyguard at Canada's embassy in Haiti. Vincent lives in the Miami area. Both men were born in Haiti, officials said.  

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More News On the Assassination Of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse  

2 US men, ex-Colombia soldiers held in Haiti assassination -- AP 

Ex-Colombian military, Haitian Americans suspected in killing of Haiti president -- Reuters  

2 South Florida men, 26 Colombians involved in Moïse assassination, Haiti police say -- Miami Herald  

Haiti Names James Solages, a U.S. Citizen, as Assassination Suspect -- NYTimes  

Two Americans among 15 detained over assassination of Haitian President -- CNN  

2 Haitian Americans arrested in President Jovenel Moïse assassination, officials say -- FOX News

More Details Emerge On The Assassination Of Haiti's President

 

Daily Mail: Haiti president Jovenel Moïse's body was riddled with 12 bullet holes and his eye had been 'gouged out' as it emerges his terrified daughter hid in her bedroom to escape from assassins who shouted 'DEA operation' 

* President Jovenel Moise's terrified daughter Jomarlie hid in a bedroom as the 'foreign mercenaries' ransacked the home, leaving her father in a pool of blood at the private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince 

* Martine was described as 'out of danger' and in a 'stable condition' by Prime Minister Joseph Claude, who has assumed sole power of the country, declaring a 'state of siege' granting him absolute authority 

* A maid and another servant were tied up by the gunmen who shouted 'DEA operation' as they burst in, pretending they were officers of the US Drugs Enforcement Administration, speaking in English and Spanish 

* First Lady Martine, 47, was shot through the legs, arm, torso and hand, and was airlifted to hospital in Miami 

* Police chief Leon Charles said four 'mercenaries' were killed as they tried flee the scene, two others arrested 

* He said cops were 'battling' commandos throughout Wednesday and vowed to stop all those responsible 

* PM Joseph claims he has the situation in hand but there are fears that the country will fall into utter chaos after months of protests against Moise, who was accused of turning the country into a dictatorship 

The president of Haiti was riddled with 12 bullet holes and had an eye gouged out when assassins with high-powered rifles raided his mansion, leaving his wife seriously wounded, in the early hours of Wednesday.

Jovenel Moise's terrified adult daughter Jomarlie hid in a bedroom as the 'foreigners' ransacked his office and rooms, firing machine guns and leaving the 53-year-old to die an horrific death, lying in a pool of a blood at the private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince. 

A maid and another servant were tied up by the gunmen who had shouted 'DEA operation' as they burst in, pretending they were officers of the US Drugs Enforcement Administration, speaking in English and Spanish. 

First Lady Martine, 47, was shot through the legs, arm, torso and hand, and was later airlifted in a 'critical condition' to a hospital in Miami.  

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Update #1: Haiti’s president assassinated by ‘professional’ commandos, 4 killed, 2 arrested, report says (FOX News) 

Update #2: Haiti in turmoil as police hunt for president's killers (CNN)  

WNU Editor: These gunmen had one mission. Kill the President. The main questions that need to be answered now are .... who put together this operation? Who participated in this conspiracy. And why?

Four Dead After Police Gunfight With Suspected Killers Of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse

Haiti's Police Chief Léon Charles (above) said four suspected killers of President Jovenel Moise have been fatally shot by police and two others arrested after the gang of alleged assassins took three police officers hostage  

Daily Mail: Four assassins who murdered Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are shot dead by police and two more are arrested after taking cops hostage as gunfire erupts in Port-au-Prince amid growing unrest 

* Haitian police say that six assassination suspects were intercepted, with four killed and two arrested 

* Video from Port-Au-Prince shows smoke rising from multiple points as gunfire is heard through the city 

* President Jovenel Moise was killed in a brazen assassination raid on his home overnight 

* Haitian First Lady Martine Moise, 47, was airlifted to Miami with multiple gunshot wounds on Wednesday 

* Gang of 'mercenaries' posing as US DEA agents staged the raid speaking English and Spanish 

* Shocking eyewitness footage shows killers shout into a megaphone: 'DEA operation. Everybody stand down' 

* US State Department slams any suggestion that the killers were US government agents as 'absolutely false' 

* Haitian officials say they believe assassins were a gang composed of Haitians, Colombians and Venezuelans 

* Dominican military is mobilizing at the border as Haitian PM declares 'state of siege' with emergency powers 

* Haiti now thrown into chaos with no legal framework for succession and just 10 elected officials nationwide 

Haiti's police chief says four people suspected of assassinating President Jovenel Moise have been shot dead by police and two others arrested after the gang took three police officers hostage. 

Video purportedly looking out over Port-Au-Prince on Wednesday evening shows smoke rising from several points in the city, and the sound of heavy gunfire could be heard. 

Police claimed to be in an ongoing battle with the assassination suspects, but fears mounted that the fragile political situation could plunge the impoverished, violence-wracked nation deeper into chaos.  

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More News On Reports That Four Are Dead After A Police Gunfight With Suspected Killers Of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse  

Haiti: four dead after police gunfight with suspected killers of president Jovenel Moïse -- The Guardian 

Jovenel Moïse: Police kill four after Haiti's president assassinated -- BBC  

Haitian police battle suspected members of president’s hit squad as country pitched into uncertainty -- France 24  

Hours After Haiti’s President Is Assassinated, 4 Suspects Are Killed and 2 Arrested -- New York Times  

Haiti police hunt down Moise’s killers as fears of chaos grow -- Al Jazeera

Multiple gunmen killed & arrested in firefight with suspected assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moise -- RT

Haiti's President Killed By Group Claiming To Be DEA Agents. Videos Show A Lot Of Gunmen Present Outside His Home After He Was Shot

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NYPost: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse killed by group claiming to be DEA agents  

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home Wednesday by a group of unidentified gunmen who also left his wife wounded, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced — calling it a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act” as he imposed a “state of siege” on the nation. 

“An unidentified group of individuals, some of whom were speaking in Spanish, attacked the private residence of the President of the Republic and mortally wounded him,” Joseph said in a statement, adding that the assailants were armed with “high-caliber weapons.” 

The primary languages in the impoverished Caribbean nation of more than 11 million people some 675 miles southeast of Miami are French and Haitian Creole.  

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WNU Editor: The person yelling in the loud speaker has an American accent. The second video shows a lot a gunmen and a lot of SUVs leaving the area. 

If the above videos are authentic. This was a well coordinated and overwhelming attack against the Haitian President.