Two people were arrested and detained Tuesday in connection to the assassination of Haiti\u2019s former president.
\nJoseph Desmond, Intriago\u2019s lawyer, said he planned to enter a not guilty plea, and confirmed Pretel\u2019s arrest and that of a third suspect named Walter Veintemilla.
\nPer the Times, he is an American citizen and financier. He reportedly lent over $170,000 to CTU Security for operations in Haiti.
\nVideo footage shows the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, making the announcement. He also added a fourth person had been arrested.
\nHe said agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations made the arrests \u201cfor their alleged participation in the plot to forcibly remove President Mo\u00efse from office.\u201d
\nWhen assailants entered Mo\u00efse\u2019s residence that is located outside Port-au-Prince, he was shot multiple times, ultimately killing him and wounding his wife.
\nFollowing the killing, gangs took control of most of the area, which is the nation\u2019s capital.
\nIn January, Haitian police rioted in Port-au-Prince while also attacking the home of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, Breitbart News reported.
\n\u201cThe police were enraged that gangs have killed 14 officers over the past month, raising the death toll to 78 since Henry became prime minister in 2021,\u201d the outlet continued:
\nThe demonstration began with about a hundred police officers in plain clothes and a comparable number of civilians marching through the streets of Port-au-Prince to denounce the latest police killings: the execution-style slaying of six officers by a gang called Gan Grif in northern Haiti.
\nMeanwhile, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said recently his country is willing to join with a U.N.-proposed multinational military force to help fight the criminal gangs in Haiti, according to Breitbart News.
\nAccording to the Times, authorities did not give details about charges for the men arrested this week.
\nIntriago reportedly said he was unaware of the assassination plans. He claimed it was initially planned that Mo\u00efse be arrested, forced to step down, and a Haitian American pastor named Christian Emmanuel Sanon installed in his place.
\n\u201cCTU Security recruited the Colombian mercenaries and looked for funding from Mr. Veintemilla to finance the operation to arrest Mr. Mo\u00efse. The firm hoped to provide security for infrastructure projects in Haiti that Mr. Sanon intended to undertake once he became president of the country,\u201d the newspaper said.
\nHowever, in the days before the assassination took place, Sanon was deemed a non-viable candidate, so the plan eventually turned into an assassination, per the Justice Department.<\/p>\n
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