Haiti Calls U.S. for Troops, After Wild Day of Gunfights and Suspicion
Natalie Kitroeff, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Catherine Porter and Julie Turkewitz 15 mins ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/haiti-calls-u-s-for-troops-after-wild-day-of-gunfights-and-suspicion/ar-AALYQUg?ocid=msedgntp
"The Haitian ambassador to the United States also requested assistance from the F.B.I. in the investigation of the assassination.
In Washington, a senior Biden administration official said that F.B.I. and Department of Homeland Security officials would go to Port-au-Prince “as soon as possible” to assess how to help. The official also said, “There are no plans to provide U.S. military assistance at this time.”
"Clément Noël, a judge who is involved with the investigation, said he had interviewed both American men soon after their arrest. He identified them as James J. Solages, a U.S. citizen who lived in South Florida and previously worked as a security guard at the Canadian Embassy in Haiti; and Joseph Vincent, 55. The United States government has been in touch with Mr. Solages, according to two people who have been in contact with the State Department and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Judge Noël, speaking by telephone, said the two Americans maintained that the plot had been planned intensively for a month. He said that the Americans had met with other members of the squad at an upscale hotel in Pétionville to plan the attack. He said they had relayed that the goal was not to kill the president but to bring him to the national palace.
Judge Noël said that Mr. Solages told him that at the beginning of the assault, he yelled over a loudspeaker that the attackers were agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
Mr. Vincent said he had been in the country for six months and that he had been staying with a cousin. Mr. Solages said he had been in Haiti for a month. The men said the Colombians involved in the plot had been in the country for about three months.
All that Mr. Vincent would say about the broader plot was that the mastermind was a foreigner named “Mike” who spoke Spanish and English. Mr. Solages said that he had found the job to interpret for the hit squad in a listing posted online. They would not say how much they had been paid.
Judge Noël said Mr. Solages had “replied in a very evasive manner.”
"a senior Biden administration official said that F.B.I. and Department of Homeland Security officials would go to Port-au-Prince “as soon as possible” to assess how to help."
Maybe the FBI will let us know that answer, anon.