Varios detenidos por el asesinato del presidente haitiano Jovenel Mose son presentados a los reporteros junto con las armas y equipo que supuestamente utilizaron en el ataque, durante una conferencia de prensa el jueves 8 de julio de 2021 en la Direccin General de Polica, en Puerto Prncipe, Hait. (AP Foto/Joseph Odelyn)Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise are shown to the media, along with the weapons and equipment they allegedly used in the attack, at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Moise was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday. (AP Photo / Joseph Odelyn)Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, among them Haitian-American citizens James Solages, left, and Joseph Vincent, second left, are shown to the media at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Moise was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise are displayed to the media at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Moise was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)Two suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise are moved to be displayed to the press at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Moise was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, among them Haitian-American citizens James Solages, left, and Joseph Vincent, second left, are shown to the media at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Moise was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)Varios sospechosos del asesinato del presidente haitiano Jovenel Mose permanecen en el suelo el jueves 8 de julio de 2021 tras su captura, en la Direccin General de la Polica, en Puerto Prncipe, Hait. (AP Foto/Jean Marc Herv Ablard)Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise lie on the ground after being detained, at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. A Haitian judge involved in the murder investigation said that President Moise was shot a dozen times and that his office and bedroom were ransacked. (AP Photo/Jean Marc Herv Ablard)Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise are tossed on the floor after being detained, at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. A Haitian judge involved in the murder investigation said that President Moise was shot a dozen times and his office and bedroom were ransacked.( AP Photo/Jean Marc Herv Ablard)Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise sit on the floor handcuffed after being detained, at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. A Haitian judge involved in the murder investigation said that President Moise was shot a dozen times and his office and bedroom were ransacked. (AP Photo/Jean Marc Herv Ablard)Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise sit on the floor handcuffed after being detained, at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. A Haitian judge involved in the murder investigation said that President Moise was shot a dozen times and his office and bedroom were ransacked. (AP Photo/Jean Marc Herv Ablard)Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise sit on the floor after being detained, at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. A Haitian judge involved in the murder investigation said that President Moise was shot a dozen times and that his office and bedroom were ransacked. (AP Photo/Jean Marc Herv Ablard)ABC's Aicha El Hammar confirmed with Haiti's Minister of Election Matthias Pierre that a US citizen of Haitian descent- identified as James Solages-is a suspect in President Jovenel Moise's assassination and was detained Wednesday.
Solages was detained on Wednesday, according to Pierre.People look into the window of a police car carrying the bodies of two people killed in a shooting with police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. According to Police Chief Leon Charles, the two dead are suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mose. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)A police truck takes two detainees to the police station of Petion Ville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. According to Police Chief Leon Charles, the two detained are suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mose. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
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Varios detenidos por el asesinato del presidente haitiano Jovenel Mose son presentados a los reporteros junto con las armas y equipo que supuestamente utilizaron en el ataque, durante una conferencia de prensa el jueves 8 de julio de 2021 en la Direccin General de Polica, en Puerto Prncipe, Hait. (AP Foto/Joseph Odelyn)
MIAMI – As the investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse continued, Haitian authorities announced Thursday there were 28 suspects.
There were 17 detained, three were killed during a shootout, and eight fled, according to Haitian officials.
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Diego Molano, Colombia’s defense minister, told reporters the suspects identified in Haiti are retired members of the Colombian military. Léon Charles, chief of Haiti’s National Police, told reporters 15 of the 17 suspects detained were born in Colombia.
People look into the window of a police car carrying the bodies of two people killed in a shooting with police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. According to Police Chief Leon Charles, the two dead are suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mose. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Molano said Colombian authorities are cooperating with The International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol. Charles described the suspects as mercenaries.
Mathias Pierre, Haiti’s minister of elections, said the other two detained are Haitian-Americans, and one of them is James Solages. The Miami Herald identified the other as Joseph Vincent.
A video released by Haiti’s National Police Thursday evening showed 15 men in handcuffs sitting on the floor against the wall. Solages and another man are the only ones who are wearing white T-shirts.
A member of security forces cordons off access to the residence of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Gunmen assassinated Moise and wounded his wife in their home early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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