Alleged killers of Haiti president in country for three months, say authorities

Details emerge about foreign hit squad accused of being behind assassination of Jovenel Moise

Key members of the hit squad allegedly behind the assassination of Haiti's president Jovenel Moise had been in the country for about three months, apparently preparing their attack, with others joining from the Dominican Republic last month, according to Haitian judicial authorities.

The Caribbean country was plunged into turmoil in the early hours of Wednesday morning when Moise was killed in his private residence in Petion-Ville in the hills above the capital, Port-au-Prince. On Friday it emerged that the alleged assassins - including two joint US-Haitian nationals resident in Florida and about two dozen Colombians - had assembled a cache of weapons, money, mobile phones and other equipment, including rental cars.