Moise was shot and killed by an organization of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans who were described by Haitian authorities at his home in Port-au-Prince earlier on Wednesday. Haitian police said on Sunday that they had arrested another main suspect.

The death of the president plunged the troubled country into deeper turmoil. American officials went there on Sunday to assess the situation and met with three politicians who made competing demands.

Psaki said at a press conference: “The clearness of their trip is that the future of political leadership lacks clarity.”

According to social media posts, Haitians in parts of Port-au-Prince plan to protest the interim prime minister and acting head of state this week.

Joseph’s right to lead the country was challenged by two other senior politicians: Prime Minister-designate Ariel Henry and Senate Speaker Joseph Lambert.

U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horn said that the U.S. delegation held a joint meeting with the three.

Horn said that during the talks, the U.S. representative encouraged open and constructive dialogue to reach an agreement to enable Haiti to hold free and fair elections.

The arrest deepens the plot mystery

On Sunday, Haitian police stated that they had arrested one of the suspected conspiracy plotters, 63-year-old Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian man who was accused by the authorities of hiring mercenaries. Expel and replace Moise.

Sanon once expressed his desire to lead the country in a YouTube video, but he is not well known in Haitian politics. His colleagues hinted that he was deceived by the real behind the assassination.

A Florida friend of Sanon told the Associated Press that the suspect was an evangelical Christian pastor and licensed doctor in Haiti, but not in the United States. For safety reasons, the colleague, who asked not to be named, said that someone had contacted him. Those who claim to represent the U.S. state and the judiciary want him to be appointed president.

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Haitian officials said that at least six suspects were arrested a day after President Jovennale Mois was assassinated, and the hunt for more suspects continues. 2:09

He said that the plan was to arrest Moise, not kill Moise, and if Sanon knew that Moise would be assassinated, he would not participate.

“I assure you,” the colleague said. “This should be a mission to save Haiti from hell with the support of the US government.”

DEA informant arrested

The chief of the Haitian National Police, Leon Charles, said that the murderer of Moise was protecting Sanon, and he accused Sanon of cooperating with those who planned the assassination.

Charles said that the police found a hat with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) logo, 20 boxes of ammunition, gun parts, four Dominican Republic license plates, two cars and letters in Sanon’s home in Haiti.

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official said on Monday that one of the Haitian American men arrested on suspicion of participating in the assassination was an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

According to Reuters, the official said in an email: “One of the suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is a confidential source of DEA,” the official said in an email, adding, The suspect contacted DEA after the assassination and urged him to surrender.

“These people are not acting on behalf of the DEA.”

Another Haitian American, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, was arrested by Haitian authorities on Sunday, who accused him of being the mastermind of the attack.

Twenty-six former Colombian soldiers were suspected of killing, 23 have been arrested, and three Haitians. Charles said five suspects are still at large and at least three have been killed.

Colombian police said on Monday that they could not share any assumptions about Moise’s death and that they respect the autonomy of the Haitian state.

“We cannot make any assumptions,” General Jorge Luis Vargas, head of the Colombian National Police, told reporters in Bogotá. “We respect the judicial autonomy of the Haitian State and its authorities.”

Broader connections

The families of some Colombians, many of them ex-soldiers, said that their relatives were hired as bodyguards, not mercenaries, and they did not kill Mois.

The chief of the Haitian National Police, Leon Charles, said on Sunday that these people initially signed the contract to protect Sanon and later received an arrest warrant to arrest Moise.

Allegedly, photos of Sanon meeting with a group of men began to circulate on social media, including another suspect in the case, James Solages, a Haitian American. Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the image.

A man named Sanon was listed online as a doctor who had worked in Florida. Haitian authorities said the company hired a suspect in the case.

Most of the detainees were held after an overnight gunfight in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, and three people died.

Vargas added that 19 air tickets to Haiti were purchased for these people through CTU, a Miami-based security company.

CTU, run by the Venezuelan immigrant Antonio Enmanuel Intriago Valera (Antonio Enmanuel Intriago Valera) has not yet responded to Reuters’ request for comment.

According to Colombian police, earlier this year, Dimitri Herard, who had served as the security chief of Moise, traveled through Colombia several times during his trip to Ecuador and the Dominican Republic from January to May. .

Colombian police chief Vargas said that Colombian authorities are investigating Herald’s activities during his visit.

Since Friday, senior Colombian intelligence officials have been assisting in investigations in Haiti.