The Pentagon stated that some of the former Colombian soldiers accused of killing Haitian President Yorvernell Moys had been trained by the United States.

A small number of former Colombian soldiers accused of participating Assassinate The Pentagon said on Thursday that Haitian President Jovenel Moise received US military training this month.

Haitian authorities say Mois is Shot On July 7, his home was attacked by a team of assassins, including 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans.

Eighteen Colombians were detained and three others were killed by the police. Family members and colleagues in Colombia told reporters that these people were hired as bodyguards.

Pentagon spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Ken said: “A review of our training database revealed that a small percentage of Colombians detained as part of this investigation had participated in U.S. military training and education programs and were also members of the Colombian military. Active members.” Hoffman said in a statement to Al Jazeera.

Hoffman did not specify how many detained Colombians had received training.

He said that the U.S. military regularly trains military personnel in the region, adding that the training “emphasizes and promotes respect for human rights, observance of the rule of law, and subordination of the military to the democratically elected civilian leadership”.

U.S. security company faces scrutiny

At the same time, a small security company in Miami, Florida, which employs former Columbian soldiers, faces questions about its role in the assassination of Moiz.

Antonio “Tony” Intriago, owner of CTU Security, saw a seemingly good opportunity: to find someone with military experience to work in Haiti. Intriago is now under scrutiny by Haitian and Colombian police officials.

On Wednesday, the head of the Haitian National Police, Leon Charles, accused Intriago of repeatedly traveling to Haiti as part of the assassination plot and signing contracts there, but did not provide other details or provide any evidence.

“The investigation is very advanced,” Charles said.

Charles previously announced arrest The 63-year-old Haitian Christian Emmanuel Sanon (Christian Emmanuel Sanon) is accused of being the mastermind behind the assassination plot. He lives in Florida and hired the CTU security department.

Charles said on Sunday: “He arrived in June on a private jet with political purposes and contacted a private security company to recruit people who committed the act.”

General Jorge Luis Vargas, chief of the Colombian National Police, said that CTU Security used its corporate credit card to purchase 19 air tickets from Bogota to Santo Domingo for Colombian suspects suspected of participating in the killing. Duberney Capador, one of the killed Colombians, took a photo of himself wearing a black CTU safety polo shirt.

Nelson Romero Velasquez (Nelson Romero Velasquez), a former soldier and lawyer, advised 16 Colombian families imprisoned in Haiti. He said on Wednesday that all of them had worked in the elite special forces of the Colombian army. In service, if they wish, they can act without being noticed. He said their behavior showed that they were not going to Haiti to assassinate the president.

“They have the ability to be like shadows,” Romero Velazquez said.

The pre-dawn attack occurred in the president’s private residence. He was shot and his wife was wounded. It is not clear who pulled the trigger. The latest suspects discovered in the full investigation include a former Haitian senator, a dismissed government official and a U.S. government informant.

The US Department of Homeland Security Investigation, a US agency responsible for investigating crimes across international borders, is also investigating the assassination. An official from the Department of Homeland Security declined to be named because he did not have the right to discuss the case, he told the Associated Press. He declined to provide details.

The FBI said it is “providing investigation assistance” to the Haitian authorities.

Intriago, who immigrated from Venezuela more than ten years ago and participated in activities against the leftist regime in his hometown in Miami, did not respond to multiple interview requests from the Associated Press.