Haitian officials announced that an American citizen of Haitian descent was one of six people arrested relating to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Wednesday, the Washington Post reports.
James Solages was arrested Wednesday after some suspected gunmen got into a firefight with local police. Another arrested man, who was not named, is believed to be a Haitian-American dual citizen.
Mathias Pierre, Haiti’s minister of elections and inter-party relations, shared a video with the Washington Post showing the two men being arrested and a crowd forming cheering the police. The pair were taken to a local police station which was receiving additional police support. “The special units are trying to protect the police station, because the population is very mad and is trying to get to them, to burn them,” he said. “We’re trying to avoid that.”