US Probing American Ties To Haitian President's Assassination: Report

Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early Wednesday in an attack at their home.

US law enforcement and intelligence agencies on Friday were probing American connections to this week's assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, three sources said, the day after two Haitian-American men were arrested on charges of participating in it. Haitian police identified the two as James Solages, 35, and Joseph Vincent, 55, saying that they were part of a heavily armed commando unit comprised mostly of 26 Colombians, who sources in the Colombian army said entered Haiti from the neighboring Dominican Republic. Two law enforcement sources, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an active investigation, said that agencies were looking into US connections to the killing, but declined to comment specifically on the two suspects. The sources said US agencies were not assisting in the investigation in Haiti because Haitian officials had not requested their help.