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More than a dozen arrested in connection with assassination of Haitian president

The Guardian UK · 20 September 2026 at 21:17

More than a dozen arrested in connection with assassination of Haitian president

Jovenel Moïse, 53, was shot dead in July 2021 in a killing which sparked chaos in Haiti Eighteen people have been arrested in association with the 2021 assassination of the Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, according to US officials.

Moïse, 53, was shot dead on 7 July 2021, at his private residence by a hired group of about 20 military-trained Colombian mercenaries.

His security detail did not intervene to protect him.

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More than a dozen arrested in connection with assassination of Haitian president

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