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Elite Colombian assassins arrived AFTER Haitian president tortured, killed
According to Colombian paper the president had been dead an hour before commandos showed up.
Suspected mercenary got job by applying to job ad on the Internet
From the NYT On the streets, vigilantes prowled for suspects, and the police killed at least three people in gunfights. The vast majority of those arrested have turned out to be from Colombia — former military men said to have turned mercenaries — as questions arose about why it had been so easy for attackers …
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Elite Haitian assassin suspect once worked with Sean Penn
MIAMI — An American arrested in connection to the assassination of Haiti’s president worked alongside Sean Penn to rebuild the country from a devastating earthquake in 2010, according to three people familiar with the Hollywood actor’s decade-old relief drive… The two people said James Solages worked as a driver and in a security capacity for …
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Taiwanese embassy guard vs 11 commandos
A lone security guard at the Taiwanese embassy in Haiti was responsible for the arrests of 11 suspects in the assassination of president Jovenel Moïse, after a group of heavily armed commandos invaded the diplomatic compound the evening after the murder.
Japan says “aw” to kaiju sized digital cat
“The way it was meowing was too cute to bear,” she said.
International court order ignored by China
Five years after a landmark international arbitration court ruling repudiated China’s claims to the waters where Megu fishes, the 48-year-old complains that his encounters with Chinese boats are more frequent than ever. … “I was so scared,” said Megu, describing how a Chinese vessel had tracked his wooden outrigger boat for three hours some 140 …
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Colombians: most popular mercenaries
For those want to hire mercenaries, Colombia is a popular choice. The South American country’s nearly 60 years of internal conflict have provided a prolific training ground for soldiers … “There are a significant number of Colombian soldiers in Dubai, for example.” The United Arab Emirates has been an important client of Colombian ex-soldiers, dispatching …
Haitian Gov’t admits impotence, requests US troops
Haitian government officials said they had requested that the United States send in troops to protect Haiti’s port, airport, gasoline reserves and other key infrastructure as the country has descended into turmoil in the wake of the brazen assassination of President Jovenel Moïse early Wednesday morning.
Haitian guards to be quizzed on why no one hurt but the actual
No more nothing in Haiti
“There is no more Parliament, the Senate is missing for a long time, there’s no president of the Court of Cassation,” said Didier Le Bret, a former French ambassador to Haiti, adding of Mr. Joseph: “Everything will rest on him.”… But the money did not set Haiti on a new path — and many experts …
Palestine, Haiti, Colombia as progressive models
Millennial and Gen Z activists are connecting their struggles at home to the workings of US empire in Palestine, Haiti, Colombia, and other countries.
Avenatti gets 30 months in jail in Nike shakedown
“I and I alone have destroyed my career, my relationships and my life,” a tearful Avenatti told Manhattan federal judge Paul Gardephe, according to reporters in the courtroom.
Who were the ‘mercenaries’ working for?
James Solages, 35, and Joseph Vincent, both US citizens of Haitian descent, were arrested along with 15 Colombian nationals over Wednesday’s brazen raid on Moïse’s mansion in the hills above Port-au-Prince, according to Haitian police… Not everyone was buying the government’s description of the attack… Many wondered how the sophisticated attackers described by police could …
Will the 2021 Olympics be a milestone like 1936?
Bars, restaurants and karaoke parlours serving alcohol to close
Haiti police battle gunmen amid fears of chaos
Haiti’s security forces were locked in a fierce gun battle on Wednesday with assailants who assassinated President Jovenel Moise at his home overnight, plunging the already impoverished, violence-wracked nation deeper into chaos.
But doesn’t the world care about Haiti …?
No. The world doesn’t give a damn about Haiti or the Congo. The more public tears are shed about a place the less they care. When the UN shows up it’s like the undertaker measuring your country for a coffin.
Not quite the ‘American accent’
But it proved good enough.
Haiti prez killed by ‘mercenaries posing as DEA agents speaking English and Spanish’
Haitian First Lady Martine Moise, 47, was airlifted to Miami with multiple gunshot wounds on Wednesday Her husband, President Jovenel Moise, was killed in a brazen assassination raid on their home overnight Gang of ‘mercenaries’ posing as US DEA agents staged the raid speaking English and Spanish Shocking eyewitness footage shows killers shout into a …
Gunmen disguised as US DEA agents assassinated Haitian President
Haiti’s ambassador to the United States, Bocchit Edmond, told Reuters the gunmen falsely identified themselves as agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, citing video footage the government has in its possession but added: “No way they were DEA agents.” The attack “was carried out by foreign mercenaries and professional killers — well-orchestrated”, Mr Edmond …
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