Suspects in Ecuador assassination are Colombian, police say
Quito, EcuadorReuters One dead suspect and six others arrested in the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombians, Ecuadorean police said on Thursday, and the government said it was pursuing the “intellectual authors” of the murder. The fatal shooting on Wednesday night, less than two weeks before the election, has sent shockwaves through […]
Updated: Haiti police arrest suspect in President’s assassination
Updated: 2.30pm (AEST)Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitian police said on Sunday they had arrested one of the suspected masterminds in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a Haitian man whom authorities accused of hiring mercenaries to oust and replace Moise. Moise was shot dead early on Wednesday at his Port-au-Prince home by what Haitian authorities describe as a […]
Updated: US rebuffs Haiti troops request after President’s assassination
Updated: 7pm, 11th July (AEST)Washington DC, US/Port-au-Prince, AfghanistanReuters The United States on Friday rebuffed Haiti’s request for troops to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise by suspected foreign mercenaries, even as it pledged to help with the investigation. The killing of Moise by a squad of gunmen in the early […]