Late Thursday evening, a news conference was held at Haitian National Police Headquarters in the capital of Port-au-Prince with the country’s interim prime minister Claude Joseph and Mathias Pierre, a minister in charge of Haitian elections. The officials announced that two South Florida men and 15 Colombian nationals had been detained in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, according to Miami Herald.
Two U.S. citizens of Haitian descent, James Solages, 35, of Fort Lauderdale and Joseph Vincent, 55, of Miami, were identified during the press conference.
Undated videos of Solages, whose primary residents is in Fort Lauderdale, described himself as a “philanthropist and child advocate who enjoyed helping schoolchildren from the area where he grew up,” according to Miami Herald.
Haitian officials identified four of the other suspects arrested so far, all from Colombia: Alejandro Girardo Zapata, 41; John Jairo Ramirez Gomez, 40; Victor Albeiro Pinera Cardona, 40; and Manuel Antonio Groso Guarin, 41. The remaining suspects have yet to be named.
In total, 17 have been arrested, including the two Americans and 15 Colombians. There seems to be a discrepancy of initial reports that police killed seven assailants but now the figure is three. The police didn’t explain the difference.
Some of the assailants were rounded up by residents in the capital and handed over to police. We shared a video of this on Thursday afternoon.
La población de Haití ayuda a la policía a la captura de otros dos sospechosos del asesinato del presidente Jovenel Moïse pic.twitter.com/LqTQVqvylC
— RT en Español (@ActualidadRT) July 8, 2021
Searches continue Friday for more suspects. Police said there could be eight more on the run.
“We are pursuing them. We are asking the public to help us,” said Haiti’s police chief, Leon Charles.
The country’s interim prime minister said a group of foreigners had entered the country to kill the president “in a cowardly fashion.”
“They forgot something,” Joseph said. “You may kill the president, but you cannot kill his dreams, you cannot kill his ideology, and you cannot kill what he was fighting for. That’s why I’m determined for President Jovenel Moïse’s family, friends and allies, and the Haitian population, to get justice.”
At Haiti’s National Police Headquarters, authorities showed images on national television of the assailants. They also displayed the weapons used in the assassination, including assault rifles, shotguns, sledgehammers, machetes, and bolt cutters.
Here’s the video of the assailants lined up at the police station.
🎥🛑En #Haiti la policía ofrece un gran espectáculo para medios pasaportes de #Colombia, etc..
🔻En el día que Ariel Henry tenía que jurar el cargo oficialmente como PM tras la destitución de Claude Joseph quien tras ASESINATO se "autoproclama presidente"pic.twitter.com/n34OTW2TSN
— ©halecos Amarillosᴳᴸᴼᴮᴬᴸ 🍀ʷAͤNͣOͬNͤYˡMͤOᵍUͥSͦⁿ (@ChalecosAmarill) July 9, 2021
The mysterious plot against Moise appears to reach well beyond Haiti’s borders and now involves two U.S. citizens and more than a dozen Colombian, some of which were ex-military.
The impoverished Caribbean nation’s future remains uncertain as the prime minister has taken leadership and declared a two-week state of siege in the country.
However, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki has yet to announce the Biden administration supports the interim prime minister.
“It is our view, and we continue to call for elections to happen this year, and we believe they should proceed. We know that free and fair elections will facilitate a peaceful transition of power to a newly elected president and we certainly continue to support Haiti’s democratic institutions.
“We will call on all political parties, civil society and stakeholders to work together in the wake of the tragedy and echo the acting prime minister’s call for calm. We recognize the democratic institutions of Haiti, and we are going to continue to work with them directly, but we have been calling for elections this year, and we support those proceeding,” Psaki said.
Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council met about the country’s crisis.
via zerohedge
Clinton’s?
The Clintons never have accounted for the $2,000,000,000 that went missing from the Haitian Relief Fund after the 2010 earthquake and after being funneled thru the Clinton Trust – I mean “Foundation” 😉 under orders of then Secretary of Take – Hillary Clinton. The earthquake occured in January and by July the Clintons – who by HIllary’s own words – “were broke when they left the White House” paid $5,000,000 for Chelsea’s wedding. 2010 was also the year that James Comey had left his government job and went to work for Lockheed Martin – that year Comey was paid almost 1/2 of his entire lifes net worth – $6,000,000 – in salary an bonuses. In 2010 Lockheed Martin was “awarded” several huge government contracts signed off on by Clinton – again. Backdoor payoff to Comey? Some things just don’t add up – like why – after making so much in his first year – did Comey quit Lockheed Martin and go back to his $200,000 per year job? Unless he knew “He had had his chips” as the Brit’s say. We all know how Comey came to Hillary’s rescue and the FBI is still protecting her. I would imagine you could buy a lot of favors with $2,000,000,000.
Pretty Rich to see a Biden Official Call for free and FAIR Elections!