Mystery surrounds suspected mastermind of Haiti presidential assassination plot

Police said Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, planned to assume the presidency and hire some of the men involved in the attack on Moïse as his security team. Sanon, who reportedly has lived on-and-off in Florida for about two decades, landed in Haiti on a private plane in early June with “political objectives,” Haiti’s police chief Léon Charles told reporters Sunday. He recruited the team through a Venezuelan security firm based in the United States, but their mission changed when one member was presented with an arrest warrant for Moïse.