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At least four of the suspectswere killed, andaccordingtoThe New York Times, some two dozen have been arrested as of Sunday.
A Haitian-born doctor based in Floridahas also been arrestedand named as a key suspect in the assassination, with the national police chief suggesting he was somehow plotting to become president. (The doctor has not publicly responded to these allegations.)
Accordingto theTimes, there are so far “many murky and often contradictory claims surrounding the assassination.”
“In the blink of an eye, the mercenaries entered my home and riddled my husband with bullets … without even giving him a chance to say a word,” Martine said in her message on Saturday. “I am crying, it is true, but we cannot let the country lose its way. We cannot let his blood … have been spilled in vain.”
Martine was taken to a Haitian hospital after she and Jovenel were attacked and she was later evacuated to Miami for further treatment. “I will not abandon you,” she said in her message, promising to engage with Haitians on Facebook “in the near future.”
Jovenel took office in 2017. Accordingto the Associated Press, he had faced criticism from some for being authoritarian and using his power to dominate government.
His assassination frayedan already weakened political situationin Haiti, where an interim prime minister has now been named and a majority of the country’s parliament is not in office.
The impoverished Caribbean country meanwhile faces pressure to move forward with elections.
U.S. officials from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have traveled to Haiti to support the investigation into the assassination and push for “political accord,” theTimesreported.
source: people.com
