{"id":588994,"date":"2021-07-12T13:36:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T17:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588994"},"modified":"2021-07-12T13:36:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T17:36:37","slug":"u-s-officials-travel-to-haiti-after-president-assassinated-dont-send-military-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-officials-travel-to-haiti-after-president-assassinated-dont-send-military-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Officials Travel To Haiti After President Assassinated, Don\u2019t Send Military Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-officials-travel-to-haiti-after-president-assassinated-dont-send-military-assistance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588994&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FA75091C-8C8E-42D2-ADEC-8A4221637AD8_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">United States officials traveled to Haiti over the weekend in order to meet with Haitian officials following the assassination of the Haitian president last week.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/562500-us-delegation-meets-with-haitian-officials\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by The Hill, authorities from the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and State as well as the White House National Security Council (NSC) went to Haiti to look into the security status of the country and help with the investigation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNSC spokeswoman Emily Horne said that U.S. officials met with Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph and Prime Minister-Designate Ariel Henry in a joint meeting \u2018to encourage open and constructive dialogue to reach a political accord that can enable the country to hold free and fair elections.\u2019 The U.S. delegation also met with Joseph Lambert, who leads Haiti\u2019s Senate,\u201d the outlet noted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe delegation reviewed the security of critical infrastructure with Haitian government officials and met with the Haitian National Police, who are leading the investigation into the assassination,\u201d Horne said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all their meetings the delegation committed to supporting the Haitian government as it seeks justice in this case and affirmed the United States\u2019 support for the people of Haiti in this challenging time,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe United States stands with Haiti in becoming a safer, more democratic country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/interim-pm-requests-u-s-troops-to-haiti-following-presidents-assassination\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, the interim prime minister of Haiti asked the United States to send members of its military to Haiti in order to help with unrest.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe New York Times reported Friday afternoon that a Haitian official had requested U.S. troops on the island, about 700 miles off the coast of Florida. The Associated Press has since&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-government-and-politics-colombia-caribbean-haiti-5066fd5e0169cce7df8950843c8d3544\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;that Claude Joseph, the interim prime minister, has made such a request,\u201d The Daily Wire noted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe definitely need assistance and we\u2019ve asked our international partners for help,\u201d he said. \u201cWe believe our partners can assist the national police in resolving the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It seems, however, that the United States is not planning to send troops to the island and instead sent some officials.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere are no plans to provide U.S. military assistance at this time,\u201d a senior administration official told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/11\/1015101675\/the-u-s-is-sending-a-team-of-investigators-to-haiti-but-not-military-assistance\">NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIn response to the Haitian government\u2019s request for security and investigative assistance, we will be sending senior FBI and [Department of Homeland Security] officials to Port-au-Prince as soon as possible to assess the situation and how we may be able to assist,\u201d the official added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSpeaking on Fox News Sunday, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the FBI and DHS officials would work to determine \u2018what we can do to help them in the investigative process,&#8217;\u201d per NPR.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think that\u2019s really where our energies are best applied right now in helping them get their arms around investigating this incident and figuring out who\u2019s culpable, who\u2019s responsible, and how best to hold them accountable going forward,\u201d Kirby said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Haitian authorities have said that \u201cthey have arrested two U.S. citizens and more than a dozen Colombian nationals on accusations that the group killed the president while masquerading as DEA Agents,\u201d The Daily Wire previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>As The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/562500-us-delegation-meets-with-haitian-officials?rl=1\">reported<\/a> on Monday, \u201cHaitian authorities say that 28 people were involved in the assassination, including 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans. Several suspects have been arrested by Haitian authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A doctor based in Florida was also arrested as a \u201ckey suspect\u201d in the assassination, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/11\/world\/haiti-arrests-florida-doctor-moise.html\"><span class=\"s1\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a>. The national police chief reportedly said at a press conference that he thought the suspect was carrying out a plot to become president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTo date, some two dozen people have been arrested in the killing, but on Sunday, Haitian officials described the doctor, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, as a central figure in the case,\u201d The Times reported.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States officials traveled to Haiti over the weekend in order to meet with Haitian officials following the assassination of the Haitian president last week.\u00a0As reported by The Hill, authorities &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314490,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FA75091C-8C8E-42D2-ADEC-8A4221637AD8_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Officials Travel To Haiti After President Assassinated, Don\u2019t Send Military Assistance","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FA75091C-8C8E-42D2-ADEC-8A4221637AD8_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Officials Travel To Haiti After President Assassinated, Don\u2019t Send Military Assistance","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}