Following the killing of President Jovenel Mose, Haiti has requested foreign soldiers to secure critical infrastructure.
The administration has forwarded the request to the United States and the United Nations, but the US says it has no intentions to provide military aid “at this time.”
The president was assassinated on Wednesday by a group of 28 foreign mercenaries, according to Haitian authorities.
17 of them were apprehended after a gun battle in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The police reported that some of the group, which included retired Colombian soldiers, were detained at the residence they were staying in, while others were detained after entering Taiwan’s diplomatic enclave.
Police killed three individuals, and eight more are still on the loose.
Although the United States would not send soldiers to Haiti, it announced on Friday that it will send FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials to assist with the inquiry.
Any plan to send international soldiers to Haiti under UN auspices would need to be approved by the UN Security Council.
The assassination has sparked civil upheaval in Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas. A state of emergency has been declared throughout the country, and it is unknown who is in charge of the administration.
