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Soldiers guard the casket of assassinated President Jovenel Moise at his funeral in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on July 23, 2021.Photographer: Valerie Baeriswyl/AFP/Getty Images

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By Jim Wyss and Marisa Castellani

July 23, 2021 at 7:31 PM UTC

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Haiti’s slain President Jovenel Moise was laid to rest Friday amid pomp and security scares, as the troubled nation is wracked by violent unrest two weeks after his assassination.

Speaking at the funeral in the northern city of Cap-Haitien, Moise’s widow, Martine, demanded justice for her husband and said the people who ordered his murder remain at large.