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Sponsored Offers. Tuesday, July 20 - Haiti's government formally appointed Ariel Henry as prime minister. Henry, a year-old neurosurgeon, was tapped by Moise to be the new prime minister just days before he was assassinated, but was not then formally sworn in to the position.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on new Haitian Prime Minister Henry to seek broad political consensus as he establishes the government's priorities and to work quickly to establish conditions for free and fair elections. Friday, July 23 - Haiti bid a rowdy farewell to Moise as his funeral was roiled by nearby gunfire and protests, prompting a high-level U.
The state funeral in the northern city of Cap-Haitien was intended to foster national unity, but the unrest reflected deep divisions. Tuesday, July 27 - Presidential Security Coordinator Jean Laguel Civil was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the assassination plot, lawyer Reynold Georges said, as another aide's apparent account of the event was leaked on social media.
Wednesday, July 28 - New Prime Minister Henry said the government plans to create conditions for the Caribbean nation to hold elections as swiftly as possible.
Friday, July 30 - Haitian police outlined fresh accusations against a former Supreme Court judge over her links to the assassination, saying she had met with some Colombian mercenaries accused of killing him.
Haitian police had earlier issued an arrest warrant for Wendelle Coq-Thelot, a former Supreme Court judge who was ousted with two other judges earlier in February when Moise alleged a coup was being planned against him. Colombia called on Haiti to guarantee the legal and medical rights of 18 Colombians detained for alleged participation in the assassination of Moise.
Wednesday, August 4 - The head of a Miami-based security firm that hired the Colombian bodyguards suspected of killing Moise denied involvement in his death, saying he had been tricked and that the president's own guards were to blame. Haitian officials said Antonio Intriago's company, CTU Security, had hired the former soldiers, which he indirectly confirmed in a statement issued through his lawyers in Miami.
Most of the Colombian detainees have been identified as former soldiers, including a lieutenant-colonel. Family members told Colombian media their loved ones had told them that they had been hired "to provide security" in Haiti. After retiring from the army, many Colombian soldiers go on to work for security firms abroad, mainly in the United Arab Emirates, where they are valued for their training and experience in fighting armed groups.
Haitian police announced on 11 July they had arrested a "key suspect" in the president's assassination. Mr Charles said Mr Sanon was "the first person" that one of the Colombian suspects had called when police surrounded them. He added that the year-old doctor, who resides in Florida, had arrived in Haiti on a private jet in early June with "political motives".
Mr Charles said that police had found weapons, ammunition and a Drug Enforcement Administration cap in his possession. The police chief suggested that the Colombians might have been duped by Mr Sanon, who was planning to become Haiti's president.
One of those on the run is Joseph Felix Badio, a former official in the justice ministry's anti-corruption unit. Video footage, not independently verified but thought to have been taken by residents, shows armed men dressed in black arriving in several vehicles. Haiti's ambassador to the US, Bocchit Edmond, said that while the attackers had disguised themselves as US drug agents, he believed there was "no way" they really were US agents. Officials say that the ground between the property's gatehouse and the residence was littered with cartridge cases, indicating that multiple shots were fired.
Yet the only people injured by bullets were the president and his wife, a fact which has raised questions about the possible complicity of the president's guards. The group seems to have met little or no resistance inside the residence or during their initial getaway.
She and her two brothers - who were not in the residence at the time of the attack - are in "safe locations", according to officials. The timeline immediately after the assassination is not very clear.
Some of the suspects were reportedly tracked down to a house nearby, which was then surrounded by police, and where the gun battle the police chief referred to is believed to have taken place.
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