(WSVN) - New arrests have been made in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

According to the Miami Herald, an ex-soldier in the Haitian army, known as “the torturer,” has been arrested for his involvement in carrying out the attack.

A divisional police inspector was also arrested.

Moïse was killed inside his private Port-Au-Prince home on July 7, 2021.

Forty-four people were taken into custody in the days that followed.

The motive for his assassination remains unclear.

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