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Haiti leader’s slaying exposes role of ex-Colombian soldiers

FILE - In this July 8, 2021 file photo, suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise are shown to the media at police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian authorities have implicated at least 20 retired Colombian soldiers in the president's assassination on July 7. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn, File) FILE - In this July 8, 2021 file photo, suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise are moved to be displayed to the media at police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian authorities have implicated at least 20 retired Colombian soldiers in the president's assassination on July 7. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn, File) FILE - In this July 12, 2021 file photo, Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano, center, Colombia's National Police Director Gen. Jorge Luis Vargas, right, and Colombian Armed Forces Commander Gen. Luis Fernando Navarro, left, leave after giving a press conference in Bogota, Colombia. The officials announced the government will continue to help with the investigation of alleged participation of former Colombian soldiers in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) FILE - In this July 8, 2021 file photo, suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise are displayed to the media at police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian authorities have implicated at least 20 retired Colombian soldiers in the president's assassination on July 7. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn, File) FILE - In this July 8, 2021 file photo, residents look into a police car window at the bodies of two unidentified people who Haitian Police Chief Leon Charles called suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, following a shooting with police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian authorities have implicated at least 20 retired Colombian soldiers in the president's assassination on July 7, and at least three of the Colombians were killed. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn, File) FILE - In this July 8, 2021 file photo, 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 police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian authorities have implicated at least 20 retired Colombian soldiers in the president's assassination on July 7. (AP Photo/Jean Marc Hervé Abélard, File) FILE - In this July 8, 2021 file photo, suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise are shown to the media at police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian authorities have implicated at least 20 retired Colombian soldiers in the president's assassination on July 7. (AP Photo/Jean Marc Hervé Abélard, File)
Haiti leader’s slaying exposes role of ex-Colombian soldiers