Canada: Dairy Farmer Exposes Govt. Scheme To Hike Prices, Destroy Millions Of Gallons Of Milk

Ontario, Canada: Farmer Jerry Huigen says the government is forcing dairy farmers to waste perfectly good milk by setting low production quotas so prices can remain high at a current rate of $7 Canadian dollars per liter. The state makes them dump the extra milk rather than donating it to a hospital or homeless shelter. Lobbyists spend $100 million per year to keep the wasteful system in place that can be used to create manipulated food shortages.

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Ontario, Canada farmer Jerry Huigen posted a viral video this week calling out his nation’s socialist government for forcing dairy farmers to waste perfectly good milk so prices can remain high.

He started by explaining his farm was “over their quota” as determined by the government before noting people could be using the excess product he’s forced to dump.

“I dumped 30,000 liters of milk, and it breaks my heart,” Huigen told the camera as he showed gallons of milk being poured down a drain.

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Updated List of 95 US Food Manufacturing Plants Destroyed Under Biden Administration

According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), there are currently no nationwide food shortages in the country, but shortages and inflation are increasing daily. Here is a comprehensive list of America’s 95 plants that have been destroyed, damaged or impacted by “accidental fires,” disease, or general causes.

Joe Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ is not working as planned, or is it?

Gas prices are at record highs, stock markets are down, parents are having difficulty finding a baby formula, and the cost of everything is way up.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), there are currently no nationwide food shortages in the country.

“There are currently no nationwide shortages of food, although in some cases the inventory of certain foods at your grocery store might be temporarily low before stores can restock,” the agency said on their website. “Food production and manufacturing are widely dispersed throughout the U.S. and there are currently no wide-spread disruptions reported in the supply chain.”

As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, at least 18 major fires have erupted at food industry facilities and plants over the past six months. All of the fires have been officially listed as accidental or inconclusive.

Now this… A Gateway Pundit reader sent us an updated list of US-based food manufacturing plants that were damaged from 2021 to 2022 under the Biden administration. These data were first published at Think Americana.

Below is the list of America’s 95 plants that have been destroyed, damaged or impacted by “accidental fires,” disease, or general causes.

  1. 1/11/21 A fire that destroyed 75,000-square-foot processing plant in Fayetteville
  2. 4/30/21 A fire ignited inside the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Monmouth, IL
  3. 7/25/21 Three-alarm fire at Kellogg plant in Memphis, 170 emergency personnel responded to the call
  4. 7/30/21 Firefighters on Friday battled a large fire at Tyson’s River Valley Ingredients plant in Hanceville, Alabama
  5. 8/23/21 Fire crews were called to the Patak Meat Production company on Ewing Road in Austell
  6. 9/13/21 A fire at the JBS beef plant in Grand Island, Neb., on Sunday night forced a halt to slaughter and fabrication lines
  7.  10/13/21 A five-alarm fire ripped through the Darigold butter production plant in Caldwell, ID
  8. 11/15/21  A woman is in custody following a fire at the Garrard County Food Pantry
  9. 11/29/21  A fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. at the Maid-Rite Steak Company meat processing plant
  10. 12/13/21 West Side food processing plant in San Antonio left with smoke damage after a fire
  11. 1/7/22 Damage to a poultry processing plant on Hamilton’s Mountain following an overnight fire
  12. 1/13/22 Firefighters worked for 12 hours to put a fire out at the Cargill-Nutrena plant in Lecompte, LA
  13. 1/31/22 a fertilizer plant with 600 tons of ammonium nitrate inside caught on fire on Cherry Street in Winston-Salem
  14. 2/3/22 A massive fire swept through Wisconsin River Meats in Mauston
  15. 2/3/22 At least 130 cows were killed in a fire at Percy Farm in Stowe
  16. 2/15/22 Bonanza Meat Company goes up in flames in El Paso, Texas
  17. 2/15/22 Nearly a week after the fire destroyed most of the Shearer’s Foods plant in Hermiston
  18. 2/16/22 A fire had broken at US largest soybean processing and biodiesel plant in Claypool, Indiana
  19. 2/18/22 An early morning fire tore through the milk parlor at Bess View Farm
  20. 2/19/22 Three people were injured, and one was hospitalized, after an ammonia leak at Lincoln Premium Poultry in Fremont
  21. 2/22/22 The Shearer’s Foods plant in Hermiston caught fire after a propane boiler exploded
  22. 2/28/22 A smoldering pile of sulfur quickly became a raging chemical fire at Nutrien Ag Solutions
  23. 2/28/22 A man was hurt after a fire broke out at the Shadow Brook Farm and Dutch Girl Creamery
  24. 3/4/22 294,800 chickens destroyed at farm in Stoddard, Missouri
  25. 3/4/22 644,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland

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“Somebody’s On Path To Destruct America,” Warns US Oil Billionaire

New York billionaire and refiner John Catsimatidis warned that soaring fuel prices and rising interest rates could devastate the US economy. Last month he warned that the diesel shortage could spur fuel rationing this summer. He said that the Biden administration’s policies are the problem and that “We have 100 years’ worth of oil [in the US]. Let them [the government] open up the spigots and the price of crude oil will come back down to $55, $60, maybe $65 – half.” He said that raising the interest rates will wipe out the real estate industry and everything else in America! Catsimatidis explained that 70% of all transportation to grocery stores across the country are made by diesel trucks which has doubled and is going higher, which means that food prices will rise. Biden, on his first day in office, shut down the Keystone pipeline.

New York billionaire and refiner John Catsimatidis is out with a new warning that soaring fuel prices and rising interest rates could produce a hard landing for the US economy. Catsimatidis warned last month about the diesel shortage on the East Coast, even suggesting the fuel could “be rationed this summer.”

Catsimatidis told Fox Business’ Dagen McDowell that the fuel crisis “will get worse” and said the Biden administration is steering the economy on a path towards recession, indicating this downturn doesn’t need to happen.

Biden’s “obsession” against “turning on North American oil spigots” has skyrocketed energy costs and inflation, he said, adding that the president has been begging Saudi Arabia and other countries for more crude production instead of increasing domestic production.

“We have 100 years’ worth of oil [in the US]. Let them [the government] open up the spigots and the price of crude oil will come back down to $55, $60, maybe $65 – half”, Catsimatidis said. 

He explained it makes absolutely “no sense” to beg Saudi Arabia for crude at $120/bbl. He called on the president to increase domestic drilling.

“[Biden] wants to fly to Saudi Arabia and beg the Saudi Arabians to give us another half a million barrels at $120 a barrel… It makes no sense,” he added. 

Catsimatidis spoke with McDowell on Monday as the national gasoline average at the pump inched closer to $5 a gallon.

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Minnesota: Tens of Thousands of Chickens Killed in Latest Food Processing Plant Fire

  1. Forsman Farms estimated at least tens of thousands of chickens were killed, up to several hundred thousand. Some chickens in adjacent buildings were also affected, mostly from smoke inhalation. The loss will affect the egg market and local jobs in the community. The farm fire is believed to have been accidental but the state fire marshal is investigating the cause. Dozens of food processing plants have been destroyed by fire recently, leading critics to wonder if it is more than a coincidence and, if so, who is behind it? What are your thoughts?

A Saturday night fire destroyed a poultry building at Forsman Farms. A farm spokesperson says at least tens of thousands of chickens were killed in the fire.

Cleanup is underway at Forsman Farms in Howard Lake after a fire on Saturday night.

According to the Wright County Sheriff’s Office, crews responded to the scene off Highway 12 around 10 p.m.

Sgt. Troy Wachter told KARE 11 the fire destroyed a poultry building with an estimated 200,000 chickens inside.

Forsman Farms spokesperson Jon Austin said they do not have a firm number yet but they’re estimating at least tens of thousands of chickens were killed, up to a couple hundreds of thousands. Some chickens in adjacent buildings were also affected, mostly from smoke inhalation.

Eddie Olson was having a bonfire in his backyard, about six miles away in Cokato, when he started hearing sirens.

“I’m a SKYWARN spotter so I do a lot of radio communications and stuff and this is one of maybe 50 radios I have. I just grabbed one and heard that they were dispatching other departments. So I knew it was big,” Olson said.

Olson filmed video at the scene of the fire.

“It’s a lot of chickens. It’s a hit to the egg market, it’s people’s jobs, it’s a local community. So any time anything big like that happens, it’s not good,” Olson said.

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Expert Says World Has 10- Week Supply of Wheat Remaining: ‘This Is Seismic’

Sara Menker, CEO of Gro Intelligence, a company that predicts global food supply trends, warned the United Nations Security Council of a global shortage of wheat saying, “This isn’t cyclical. This is seismic.” Russia and Ukraine supplied a combined 1/3 of the world’s wheat exports and were among the top-5 exporters of corn prior to their ongoing conflict, which has affected distribution. Menker said the global food crisis can be linked to five main factors: lack of fertilizer; climate change leading to global drought conditions; cooking oil shortage; grain shortage; and supply chain/logistical bottlenecks. Instead of promoting self sufficiency or independence, she recommended a global response to “dramatically reshape the geopolitical era.”

A food insecurity expert gave a serious warning to the United Nations Security Council this week regarding the global food insecurity crisis, specifically the concerning limited amount of the world’s wheat supply.

Sara Menker, CEO of Gro Intelligence, a global company that predicts food supply trends through public and private data, as well as artificial intelligence, told the confirmed that the global food security crisis has intensified amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, adding “fuel to a fire that was long burning.”

“This isn’t cyclical. This is seismic,” Menker said while addressing the food security conflict during a special meeting of the UN Security Council. “Even if the war were to end tomorrow, our food security problem isn’t going away anytime soon without concerted action.”

Russia and Ukraine supplied a combined 1/3 of the world’s wheat exports and were among the top-5 exporters of corn prior to their ongoing conflict, which began in February.

Menker said that the invasion, along with previous issues such as widespread fertilizer shortages, supply chain problems and record droughts, has limited the earth’s current wheat supply to last about 10 weeks unless significant changes are made.

“Without aggressive global actions, we stand the risk of an extraordinary amount of human suffering and economic damage,” Menker said.

Russia has claimed the 10,000-plus sanctions levied against it since the invasion of Ukraine have limited global exports.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied the claims, stating that “the decision to weaponize food is Moscow’s and Moscow’s alone,” via FOX 5 DC.

“Sanctions aren’t blocking Black Sea ports, trapping ships filled with food, and destroying Ukrainian roads and railways; Russia is. Sanctions are not emptying Ukrainian grain silos and stealing Ukrainian farm equipment; Russia is,” Blinken said.

Menker said the global food crisis can be linked to five main factors: lack of fertilizer; climate change leading to global drought conditions; cooking oil shortage; grain shortage; and supply chain/logistical bottlenecks.

“It’s a once-in-a-generation occurrence that can dramatically reshape the geopolitical era,” Menker said. “We cannot solve food insecurity on a national scale anywhere. While the next few years will likely be difficult, we can coordinate a global response.”

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Suggestions on How to Prepare for Food Shortages and Financial Crisis

Glenn Beck said that the US has become the largest importer of food in the world. He warned of food shortages and suggested some basic ways to prepare for scarcity that include buying directly from farmers, sharing a cow and freezing it, raising chickens, growing produce, canning vegetables, bartering, developing useful skills, living near like-minded people and networking, buying silver and gold, storing goods like alcohol or seeds that can be traded, keeping cash on hand, making paper copies of all important documents, secure deeds on property, and more…




Two Major Attacks on Farming and Food Production: ‘Bird Flu’ and Biosludge

Last week, President Biden announced food shortages are coming due to sanctions against Russia. Christian, the Ice Age Farmer, predicts there will be food rationing and digital ID will be required to purchase food similar to a food passport. Food supply chains are being disrupted by the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. He described two massive attacks on our food supply: a phony “bird flu” epidemic, based on faulty PCR tests, is sweeping through Europe and the US, and is forcing mass depopulation of poultry & “backyard flocks.” And farms contaminated with PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ from using sewer bio-sludge as fertilizer are being shut down. Christian explores what is going to happen next: a great awakening.

Link for video:    https://www.bitchute.com/video/1WyyFV7CYzhV/

Show notes:   https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2022/03/25/biden-food-shortages-real-bird-flu-pcr-pfas-closes-farms/

‘I Don’t Know How We’ll Survive’: the Farmers Facing Ruin in Maine’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ Crisis

Songbird Farm’s 17 acres (7 hectares) hold sandy loam fields, three greenhouses and cutover woods that comprise an idyllic setting near Maine’s central coast. The small organic operation carved out a niche growing heirloom grains, tomatoes, sweet garlic, cantaloupe and other products that were sold to organic food stores or as part of a community-supported agriculture program, where people pay to receive boxes of locally grown produce.

Farmers Johanna Davis and Adam Nordell bought Songbird in 2014. By 2021 the young family with their three-year-old son were hitting their stride, Nordell said.

But disaster struck in December. The couple learned the farm’s previous owner had decades earlier used PFAS-tainted sewage sludge, or “biosolids”, as fertilizer on Songbird’s fields. Testing revealed their soil, drinking water, irrigation water, crops, chickens and blood were contaminated with high levels of the toxic chemicals.

The couple quickly recalled products, alerted customers, suspended their operation and have been left deeply fearful for their financial and physical wellbeing.

“This has flipped everything about our lives on its head,” Nordell said. “We haven’t done a blood test on our kid yet and that’s the most terrifying part. It’s fucking devastating.”

Public health advocates say Songbird is just the tip of the iceberg as Maine faces a brewing crisis stemming from the use of biosolids as fertilizer. The state has begun investigating more than 700 properties for PFAS contamination. Few results are in yet but several farmers’ independent testing revealed high PFAS levels, and statewide contamination has disrupted about 10 farms.

Farmers who spoke with the Guardian say other growers have admitted to hiding PFAS contamination because they fear economic ruin.

Maine is hardly alone. It is finding more contamination because it’s doing more testing, experts say. All sludge contains some level of PFAS, and farms across the country have increasingly used the substance as fertilizer in recent decades. Michigan, one of the only other states to monitor biosolids and to test agricultural products, recently discovered PFAS-contaminated beef.

“Many other states are going to be facing what Maine is facing now,” said Nancy Raine, secretary for Sierra Club’s wastewater residuals team. “Who is responsible for the harm done – the loss of livelihoods and property values?”

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of about 9,000 compounds used to make products heat-, water- or stain-resistant. Known as “forever chemicals” because they don’t naturally break down, they have been linked to cancer, thyroid disruption, liver problems, birth defects, immunosuppression and more. Dozens of industries use PFAS in thousands of consumer products, and often discharge the chemicals into the nation’s sewer system.

Sludge is a by-product of the wastewater treatment process that’s a mix of human excrement and any number of more than 90,000 human-made chemicals or substances discharged from industry’s pipes. “It’s a toxic soup,” said Laura Orlando, a Boston University civil engineer who studies sludge contamination.

Sludge is expensive to landfill but as human excrement holds nitrogen, phosphorus and other plant nutrients, it’s often lightly treated, marketed as “biosolids” and sold or given to farmers who view it as a cost-saving fertilizer.

Maine’s unfolding crisis is prompting fresh calls to ban the practice and PFAS. In July, the state’s government became the world’s first to approve a near ban of PFAS, and a proposal to prohibit biosolids that haven’t been tested for PFAS is moving through the Maine legislature.

Meanwhile, farmers in financial ruin are demanding an aid package including immediate emergency relief funds, funding to help them move to a new income source and lifelong health monitoring.

“It’s going to be expensive but the state signed these sludge licenses and we can’t wait,” Nordell said. “Our businesses are in limbo right now, our lives are in limbo.”

Read full article here:    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/22/i-dont-know-how-well-survive-the-farmers-facing-ruin-in-americas-forever-chemicals-crisis




Biden in Brussels: “Food Shortages Are Gonna be Real”. Brace for Food Rationing.

During a press conference in Brussels, Belgium amid meetings with NATO members, President Joe Biden warned of food shortages as a result of Putin invading Ukraine. He seemed to have misspoken when he said, “We talked about how we can increase and disseminate more rapidly food shortages.”

Ice Age Farmer explains that green climate policies are poised to create intentional food shortages and how to survive during a famine.

Link for video:   https://www.bitchute.com/video/r7FnaA6wQtqI/

Link for video:    https://www.bitchute.com/video/loL6E9hjv0MD/

The food crisis is escalating: more countries are halting exports, but even as the EU converges a food crisis meeting, they refuse to relax restrictions on farmers. Similarly, the US is not waiving biofuel mandates even as grain prices explode. Christian explains that this crisis is needed to advance the agenda, and reiterates the priorities for your victory garden to insulate your family and community from this worldwide food crisis. Start growing today.

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Food Shortages Loom as Russia Bans Fertilizer Exports and Hungary Bans Grain Exports

Ukraine and Russia are two of the world’s major suppliers of staple grains like wheat, and a protracted crisis increases the likelihood of scarcity of food and higher prices across the globe. The US will be affected by Russia’s ban on exporting fertilizer. Iowa corn and soybean farmer Ben Riensche predicted that food prices will increase in the US by $1,000 per month due to a 30% to 40% increase in the cost of growing major crops. Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium prices have also risen. Hungary, concerned about food shortages, has banned exporting all grain.

 

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Earlier this week Tucker Carlson invited Iowa Corn and soybean farmer Ben Riensche on his top-rated program to discuss the massive inflation we are about to see in food prices here at home.

According to Rienshe, grocery prices may increase up to $1,000 per month due to Russia’s sanctions on fertilizer.

Transcript via Real Clear Politics.

“It’s embarrassing how little most people know about fertilizer, what it means, tell us the implications of this sanction?” Carlson asked.

“Soaring fertilizer prices are likely to spike food prices,” Riensche said. “If you’re upset that gas is up a dollar or two a gallon, wait until your grocery bill is up $1000 a month. And it may not manifest itself in terms of price, it could be quantity as well. Empty shelf syndrome must just be starting.”

“I’m sorry, I just wanted to make sure I heard you correctly. Up $1000 a month?” an incredulous Carlson asked.

“Sure,” Riensche responded. “The price of growing my crops, or the major crops, corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, cotton are up 30 to 40%. They are on my farm. And most of it is fertilizer. Nitrogen prices are up 3 times from the left crop we put in. Phosphorous and potassium have doubled.”

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UK: Food Shortages Loom due to Shortage of Truck Drivers

UK: In June, Nationwide Produce warned that fresh produce destined for UK supermarkets was being dumped due to a shortage of about 100,000 truck drivers, hampering deliveries of food from warehouses to supermarkets. The shortage is being blamed on foreign nationals who were drivers from European countries but returned to the EU after Brexit. Also, about 45,000 HGV driving tests were lost last year, and few British truck drivers were trained within the past 12 months due to Covid lockdowns. The shortage may be used as an excuse to bring more immigrants into the UK. -GEG

The lorry driver shortage crisis first grabbed headlines in early June when major distributor Nationwide Produce warned that fresh produce destined for UK supermarkets was being dumped due to a shortage of drivers.

The logistics industry, which retailers – especially grocers – rely on to transport goods to stores or warehouses, is facing an estimated shortfall of around 100,000 HGV drivers.

Hauliers have blamed the shortage on a large proportion of drivers being foreign nationals from European countries who had returned to the EU after Brexit.

This was combined with truck drivers not being included on the UK Government’s list of skilled labour, leaving new arrivals needing immigration paperwork.

In addition, Covid-19 had seen no new British truck drivers trained within the past 12 months, while changes in the rules of self-employment had led to a 25 per cent increase in agency driver charges.

BRC food and sustainability director Andrew Opie previously said that retailers were aware of a fall in HGV driver numbers and were working with their suppliers to ensure that consumers still have the same selection of fresh produce.

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Politics Home:   https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/labour-calls-government-relax-immigration-rules-lorry-shortages

BBC:    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-57587253




Riots in South Africa as Former President Zuma is Sentenced to Prison for Corruption

Some are calling events over the last week South Africa’s “darkest hour”.

Is it more than a spontaneous triggering of anger brought about by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma? Many analysts say it is and that there is a “third force” sympathetic to the former president at play.

The government’s language has changed significantly, from not saying much in the early days of the lawlessness to calling out what it says has been “economic sabotage”. Some commentators have even gone as far as to warn that the unrest has the hallmarks of an “attempted coup” and an “insurrection”.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the violence was pre-planned, but did not said who he suspects was behind it.

Ferial Haffajee, associate editor of the Daily Maverick, has written about a coordinated strategy of chaos, masterminded by a dozen close associates of the former president.

Referencing a number of senior sources from inside the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and intelligence services, Haffajee has sketched an outline of that strategy – from the burning of transport trucks in KwaZulu-Natal seen in the early days of the insurrection, to the blocking of key routes from the port in Durban to the economic heart of South Africa, Gauteng. The suggestion is this was intended to further undermine and weaken an already fragile economy, and by extension Mr. Ramaphosa’s government.

This could be coming from within both the ruling party and the country’s intelligence services.

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AllAfrica:   https://allafrica.com/stories/202107160210.html

AllAfrica:  https://allafrica.com/stories/202107180142.html

MSN:   https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/watch-dramatic-moment-child-thrown-from-burning-building-in-south-africa-riots/ar-AAMhVKP




Organized Assassins Claiming to be DEA Agents Murdered Haitian President

Haitian President Jovenel Moise, 53, was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence after midnight on Wednesday morning, according to the government. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said, “A group of unidentified individuals, some of them speaking Spanish, attacked the private residence of the president of the republic and thus fatally wounded the head of state.” Many fear that turmoil will escalate as food shortages and fuel shortages are looming for the impoverished nation where 60% of the population makes less than $2 a day. A wave of gang violence in Port-au-Prince has pitted armed groups against the police for control of the streets, turning many districts of the capital into no-go zones. More than 14,700 people have been displaced. A large swath of the civilian population had been calling for President Moise’s removal from office before the end of his term as he ruled by decree for the past year and was accused of being authoritarian.

UPDATE:   Haiti requested help to stabilize the country and secure critical infrastructure, including oil reserves, in the wake of the assassination of its president earlier this week. The US says it will not be sending troops into the Caribbean country. ABC  also reported that Haiti is one of only a handful of countries in the world that has yet to distribute a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Reports claim that President Moise was tortured by mercenaries.

UPDATE:  Authorities declared a “state of siege” and closed the airport. Police reported that 15 Colombians and the two Americans of Haitian origin who had resided in Florida were arrested. Three Colombians have been killed while eight others on the loose. American James Solages told investigators he had become involved after “finding the job on the internet” but had believed he was to work as an interpreter for the mostly foreign group, according to reports from Haitian media.

Update (1609ET): Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in an attack in the early hours of Wednesday at his private residence. Many are wondering how assassins penetrated the security perimeter of his heavily fortified home.

Perhaps new insight from The Miami Herald shows “assailants claimed to be agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to videos taken by people in the area of the president’s home.”

The Herald continued:

On the videos, someone with an American accent is heard yelling in English over a megaphone, “DEA operation. Everybody stand down. DEA operation. Everybody back up, stand down.”

However, sources told the newspaper that the assailants, one of whom spoke English, were not with DEA but rather imposters.

“These were mercenaries,” a high-ranking Haitian government official said.

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Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in a “barbaric act” shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning the government said, stirring fears of escalating turmoil in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

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