### [2021-07-9](/feed/2021/07/9/index.md)

##### Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
# The Government of Colombia reports that six of the 26 Colombian mercenaries who killed Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, were retired members of the National Army of Colombia. Two of them were killed during the gunfight with police and the four others arrested. 

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, Haitian officials said Thursday. 


### Sources:

1. [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-caribbean-haiti-health-coronavirus-pandemic-bd1bc9e9e87247f1267d2c97c6ce94f4) [Image](https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/d0c55fa39fa74ab48d5498298bd16099/3000.jpeg)

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