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07/09/2021
Haiti Requests U.S. Forces after President's Assassination
Police say Moise killed by 26 Colombians, 2 Haitian Americans
Haiti has requested U.S. and U.N. security forces to help it protect key infrastructure like the airport and ports after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise by foreign mercenaries, a government minister said on Friday.
The assassination of Moise by a squad of gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday morning at his home in Port-au-Prince pitched Haiti deeper into a political crisis, which may worsen growing hunger, gang violence and a COVID-19 outbreak.
Elections Minister Mathias Pierre said a request for U.S. security assistance was raised in a conversation between Haiti's interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday. Haiti also made a request for forces to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, Pierre said.
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