Haiti president assassination: 26 Colombians, two US-Haitians took part in Jovenel Moïse killing, police say

Seventeen captured men paraded in front of journalists, as police chief says another three were killed and eight remain on the run

A heavily armed commando unit that assassinated Haiti's president, Jovenel Moise, was composed of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans, authorities have said, as the hunt goes on for the masterminds of the killing.

Moise, 53, was fatally shot early on Wednesday at his home by what officials said was a group of foreign, trained killers, pitching the poorest country in the Americas deeper into turmoil amid political divisions, hunger and widespread gang violence.