- Two US informants are reportedly among a group of suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
- Suspects Rodolphe Jaar and Joseph Vincent were informants for the US, according to the AP and Reuters.
- Vincent has been arrested but Jaar is among five fugitive suspects who police say are armed and dangerous.
Two US informants are reportedly among a group of suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
Suspects Rodolphe Jaar and Joseph Vincent were informants for the US, according to the Associated Press and Reuters.
Vincent, who according to Reuters was a former Drug Enforcement Administration informant, has been arrested, but Jaar is among five fugitive suspects who police say are armed and dangerous.
The AP reported that it was revealed Jaar was a confidential government informant after he was indicted in federal court in South Florida in 2013 on charges of conspiring to smuggle cocaine from South America through
Vincent and Jaar, two Haitian-American Florida residents, told investigators they were hired as translators for a team of 26 former Colombian former soldiers, Reuters reported.
The motivation for the killing remains unclear. Authorities said 23 of the 26 former Colombian soldiers who are suspected in the president's killing have been arrested, the AP reported.
Matias Gutierrez, a retired special forces sniper who was set to join the security group in Haiti if not for a positive COVD-19 test, previously told Reuters he couldn't believe the group of Colombians who were sent to provide security were killers.
"It wasn't our commandos. There has to have been a conspiracy," Gutierrez told the outlet. "Their extraction was total chaos. Why? Because they weren't going on an assault, they went in support of a request by the security forces of the president."