A group of Colombians and Haitian Americans suspected of assassinating Haitian President Jovenel Moise have reportedly told investigators they were there to arrest him, not kill him. Their mission, Noël and another person who debriefed the men said they were told, was to 'arrest the president (at his home) and go to the presidential palace with him.' The two Haitian Americans 'said they were there, but they didn't go to kill the president,' Noël said, according to The Miami Herald. Jovenal Moise, the president of Hait, was murdered in the early hours of Wednesday at his home in the capital city, Port-au-PrinceHaitian President Jovenel Moïse and First Lady Martine are pictured together in 2017. Joseph Lambert, head of Haiti's senate, was on Friday nominated to be interim president.

Source: Daily Mail July 11, 2021 20:03 UTC