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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Harold Isaac and Brian Ellsworth

Haiti marks anniversary of Moise murder as gang violence spirals

FILE PHOTO: Presidential honor guards salute in front of the coffin of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead earlier this month, during the funeral at his family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

Haiti on Thursday commemorates the one-year anniversary of the murder of President Jovenel Moise, whose killing created a power vacuum and allowed the country's gangs to expand their territory and even take over the headquarters of the nation's courts.

Haitian police have arrested more than 40 people, but have yet to charge anyone in the brazen murder, in which a group of gunmen that included former Colombian soldiers stormed Moise's home in a pre-dawn raid.

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