Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated

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Haiti President Jovenel  Moïse was assassinated on Wednesday morning.  A group of heavily armed commandos attacked the President’s residence.

 It has been reported that the suspects spoke Spanish and presented themselves as American DEA agents.

Haiti’s National Police killed four suspects and arrested two others they claim were part of the well-planned assassination of President Moïse.

There are reports on early Thursday that police are still in an ongoing gunbattle with additional suspects.

“Four mercenaries were killed [and] two were intercepted under our control,” Police Captain Léon Charles said, “Three policemen who had been taken hostage have been recovered. We blocked [the suspects] en route as they left the scene of the crime. Since then, we have been battling with them.”

State of Emergency

Haiti Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph issued a state of emergency. And gave a statement that the president’s assassination was a “highly coordinated attack by a highly trained and heavily armed group.”