Haiti, USA send FBI agents to investigate Moise murder

Washington sends FBI and Department of National Security (Dhs) agents to Haiti to help investigate the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. To make it known, after the announcement of the involvement of two American citizens accused of having been part of the killer commando, was the White House. No details were given on the number of officers involved in the mission, organized at the request of the Haitian National Police, which leads the investigation. “In response to the Haitian government’s request for security assistance and investigations, we will send senior FBI and DHS officials to Port-au-Prince as soon as possible to assess the situation and determine how we can provide help,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki explained. “By making sure we provide resources, human but also financial, which is within our goal,” he added. This mission, the spokesperson said, will not interfere with the assistance that Washington assures the people of Haiti: “This is the answer to a specific request.” The two Americans involved in the ambush of President Moise are James Solages, 35, and Joseph Vincent, 55, both of Haitian descent. two claimed during the interrogation of the magistrate that they had carried out work as interpreters within the commandos and that the mission was to arrest the president as part of a judicial warrant, not to kill The authorities of Port-au-Prince have meanwhile asked the American President Joe Biden to send troops to the country to help stabilize it and ensure control over state infrastructure, from ports to airports, after the assassination of the president . The Haitian minister Mathias Pierre reported it to AbcNews. The request was made during an interview between interim prime minister Claude Joseph and US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Wednesday. Biden, however, would not be in favor of such a hypothesis. Port-au-Prince has also called for forces to be sent to the United Nations Security Council.