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    Ex-Colombian Soldiers' Arrests Add To The Mystery Around The Haiti Assassination

    More than a dozen former Colombian soldiers are detained in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Some officials and analysts say the Colombians are being used as scapegoats.
    by John Otis Jul 10, 2021 3 minutes

    BOGOTA, Colombia — The arrest in Haiti of more than a dozen former Colombian soldiers in connection with Wednesday's assassination of President Jovenel Moïse initially provoked shock and shame in Colombia and calls for swift justice.

    "There's no way Colombia should be making international headlines due to a group of criminals and hitmen," Colombian Vice President said Friday after the handcuffed Colombians were paraded before TV cameras in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital.

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