US State Department says suggestion attackers were DEA agents is "absolutely false"

The United States has denied a suggestion the attackers who assassinated President Jovenel Moise were Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents.

Speaking to reporters Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said those claims were “absolutely false”.

Earlier, the Haitian Ambassador to the US Bocchit Edmond said that video from the scene showed the attackers speaking Spanish and said they presented themselves as Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents. 

“I believe they are fake DEA agents,” he told reporters. Edmond added the attackers are believed to be “mercenaries,” referring to them as “well-trained killers.”

Price noted “the Haitian Ambassador himself has dismissed these allegations.”

 “These reports are absolutely false. The United States condemns this heinous act. These false reports are nothing more than that, just false reports,” he said.