The United States will deploy federal officials to the state of Haiti for providing the necessary assistance in the country’s national matters after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this week, according to media reports quoting the White House statements on Friday.

US President Joe Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday that after the news of the assassination came through the United States has been “engaged and in close consultation with Haitian and international partners to support the Haitian people”, according to reports from Reuters.

Representatives from the United States Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be deployed to Haiti’s national capital Port-au-Prince to “assess the situation and see how to best assist”, said Psaki according to Reuters. 

In addition to the help from the federal officials, the United States would also be dispatching vaccines for COVID-19 for use in Haiti to curb the risk of infection. The doses will reportedly be made available as early as next week, Psaki said.

Haiti will also be given a sum of $5 million to refine and empower the police authorities of the country. A more capable police force would be highly effective before rebel gangs, which are projected to rise in the absence of leadership from the country.

United States authorities and intelligence bodies are currently conducting their investigations alongside Colombia as their nationals have been detained in connection to the murder of President Jovenel Moise.

United Nations envoy to Haiti, Helen La Lime, speaking from the Haitian capital, said four members of a group that attacked the president’s private residence early Wednesday and shot him dead have been killed by police and six others were in custody, according to reports from AFP.