2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By EVENS SANON, DÁNICA COTO and JOSHUA GOODMAN

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two men believed to be Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president, a senior Haitian official said Thursday.

Mathias Pierre, Haiti’s minister of elections, told The Associated Press that James Solages was among six people arrested in the brazen killing of President Jovenel Moise by gunmen at his home in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday.

Seven other suspected assailants were killed in a gunfight with police, according to Haiti’s director of National Police Léon Charles.

Pierre would not provide additional details about Solages’ background, nor provide the name of the second Haitian American. The U.S. State Department said it was aware of reports that Haitian Americans were in custody but could not confirm or comment.



ADDS THAT PROTESTERS ALSO WANT POLICE TO HAND OVER THE DETAINEES WHO ARE ALIVE - People pressure police to hand over two men who were arrested and the bodies of two men who were brought in by police after they were killed by police, in order to burn them in retaliation for the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, at a police station of Petion Ville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. According to National Police Director Leon Charles, the dead and detained are suspects in Moïse's July 7 assassination. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)


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[maxsolomon]

1. The timing of the arrest & killing of the assassins sure is impressive.

A might TOO impressive.

[Devil Child]

3. Barbecue is an effecient police chief

Almost like he had some prized info on the whole affair.

[getagrip_already]

4. rounding up all the usual suspects......

Sounds like its open season on foreigners acting suspiciously (like hiding from a bloodthirsty crowd who are attacking foreigners).

In haiti, it seems like nothing is true or false. The situation is bent to fit the narrative.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I heard the audio and it is an American accent, no doubt about it.

“DEA operation. Everybody stand down. DEA operation. Everybody back up, stand down,” one of the men with an American accent is said to have yelled in English."

[maxsolomon]

5. 2 Haitian Americans arrested.

They're saying the rest are Colombians.

Sounding like it was planned far in advance of Joseph's firing on Monday.