Date uploaded: 2021-07-13 20:57:47

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated last week. As of Tuesday, July 13, 26 suspects were reportedly involved. “We continue to make strides,” Léon Charles, the head of Haiti's police, said of the efforts to solve the brazen attack early Wednesday at Moïse’s private home, which left the president dead and his wife, Martine Moïse, critically wounded. She remains hospitalized in Miami. Haiti's interim prime minister, Claude Joseph, decried the assassination as a "cowardly" act. The uncertain security situation in Haiti was matched by an equally chaotic political standoff. Joseph on Wednesday declared a "state of siege" akin to martial law and said he was in charge of the country, even as his claim to power came into question. Here's what we know about the assassination and its aftermath.