Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead overnight on Wednesday, stoking fears of deepening chaos in an impoverished Caribbean nation already reeling from rampant gang violence and facing a constitutional crisis.
MOISE LED A COUNTRY MIRED IN UNREST
The Haitian ambassador to the United States said the killers were posing as DEA agents to gain access.With Haiti politically gridlocked and facing growing hunger in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, there are mounting fears of a breakdown in law and order. Streets in the normally busy capital were deserted on Wednesday, though some gunfire was reported during the afternoon.
Moise had only this week named a new prime minister to replace Joseph but he had not yet been sworn into office.
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