Iran Press/America: Haiti's minister of elections and interparty relations, Mathias Pierre, said James Solages, a US citizen of Haitian descent, was among the six people arrested in the assassination of the Jovenel Moise early Wednesday morning and later told Washington Post that at least one other detainee was believed to be Haitian American.
Authorities did not release the names of the other detainees, but Haitian Communications Minister Pradel Henriquez described them as "foreigners."
The US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the United States is responding to a request for investigative assistance by Haitian National Police, adding the situation is "evolving rapidly."
Armed attackers, who officials described as foreign mercenaries, shot and killed Moise in his home in Port-au-Prince shortly after midnight on Wednesday.
Judge Carl Henry Destin said that officials "found 12 holes in the president's body" resulting from a large-caliber weapon firing 9-millimeter rounds and that Moise's office and bedroom "were ransacked."
The assassination of Moise has also led to confusion as to who will lead the country.
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