Haiti’s police chief says the man was in contact with a firm that provides security for politicians and recruited the suspects accused of killing the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse.

Surfside’s mayor stressed the care that workers are taking in hopes of recovering not only bodies but also possessions of the victims.

Firearms purchases soared last year – to the highest level in half a century.

The government has asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

A key U.S. ally in the 2001 defeat of the Taliban blames a fractious Afghan government and an ‘irresponsible’ U.S. departure for the insurgents’ swift series of wins in recent weeks.