Man Behind Haitian President’s Assassination Identified by Police Chief

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — A suspect arrested on suspicion of masterminding the assassination of Haiti’s president was plotting to become president, according to the chief of Haiti’s National Police, cited by The New York Times. However, much speculation remains around the issue.

According to the chief of Haiti’s National Police, the 28 men directly responsible for the killing were working for a Venezuelan security company based in the United States called CTU and were hired by Haitian-born Christian Emmanuel Sanon to help install him as president. Twenty of those men have so far been arrested, three were killed in a shootout with police and a manhunt is underway to find at least five additional suspects, according to CNN.

The group of potential gunmen is made up of 26 Colombians and two naturalized U.S. citizens of Hatian descent. The Colombian National Police Chief confirmed Friday that 13 retired members of the Colombian Army had traveled to Haiti and are believed to have been involved in the assassination. The Miami Herald confirmed that all of those arrested so far had indeed been hired by the Florida-based security firm called CTU.

However, many questions remain. Several reports from the men’s families in Colombia claim that the men believed they were hired on a protection mission. According to an interview with Colombian magazine El Tiempo, the sister of one of the men said her brother had told her his team arrived ‘too late’ to protect the president himself and had subsequently been surrounded by police.

Alongside these claims, the role of the police in the events leading up to the murder is being scrutinized. Widely shared footage appears to show a convoy of five cars approaching the president’s house on the night of Wednesday, July 7, but Haiti expert Kevin Pina, citing police sources, has said they were allowed through a police checkpoint on the instruction of the office of the chief of Haiti’s National Police before reaching the house.

There are also questions over the role of the president’s guards, none of whom were reported injured in the attack. According to records published by Colombian magazine Semana cited by the Los Angeles Times, one member of the president’s security unit had traveled repeatedly to Colombia in the months before the killing and has been asked to present himself for questioning.

SOURCES: CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Kevin Pina, Semana magazine, El Tiempo, The Miami Herald
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