Haiti President's Assassination: Suspected Mastermind Arrested

Haiti Police announced on Monday that they had arrested one of the suspected masterminds in President Jovenel Moise's assassination. 

 

"The first person contacted by the militants is Christian Emmanuel Sanon, who is currently in custody," Leon Charles, National Police Chief, according to Russia Today (RT).

He added that the arrested man, 63-year-old Christian Emmanuel Sanon, flew to Haiti on a private jet in early June, accompanied by hired security guards, and wanted to take over as president.

It is worth mentioning, the US is set to send a delegation to Haiti to resolve the political crisis in the country after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, the state Department announced on Sunday.

The delegation will include the White House National Security Council Director, Juan Gonzalez. It will hold talks with Haiti Interim Prime Minister (PM) Claude Joseph and Interim President Joseph Lambert.

Last Thursday, the Haitian government asked the US to send American troops to protect key infrastructure facilities in the country, following the assassination of  Moïse this week.

It is worth mentioning that, the Haitian Senate has chosen Joseph Lambert to be the country’s interim president, following Moise's assassination.

 

The resolution was supported by 8 senators out of 10.

 

Authorities said that an armed group of “professional killers,” consisting of more than two dozen people, including two US citizens and retired members of the Colombian military are among the assassins of Hait’s President Jovenel Moïse.

 

The assassins claimed to be DEA; spoke a mix of Spanish & English with a US accent. Haiti’s government says highly trained foreign attackers are involved. All borders & airports are tightly shut.

 

Local police published on Friday names of 19 suspects, who were arrested by the authorities, and said that they included 17 Colombians and two Haitian Americans, and an additional Colombian suspect.

A State Department said that it is aware of the arrests of two American citizens in Haiti in relation to the attack, adding that the United States is sending a team to investigate the matter.