Former Senator Joseph Arrested for Assassination of Haitian President | News

Jamaican police say John Joel Joseph, the suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, has been arrested.

Jamaican authorities arrest former Haitian senator suspected of killing Haitians President Jovenel Moise in July, Jamaica’s national police said.

Jamaican Constabulary Force spokesman Dennis Brooks told Reuters news agency that John Joel Joseph, a well-known Haitian politician named by the authorities as a suspect in the murder of Moses, was arrested by authorities on Friday.

Brooks did not comment on whether the arrest was made by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is also investigating the murder, following a request. It is not clear where Joseph was arrested in Jamaica.

Meanwhile, Jamaican Police Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay told The Associated Press news agency that other people had also been arrested along with Joseph and that authorities were trying to determine whether they were relatives.

Lindsay said she was arrested before Saturday morning and did not share any other details.

“For more than one reason, we don’t share any more information,” he said.

Among those who welcomed the arrest was Claude Joseph, a former Haitian foreign minister who was the caretaker prime minister after the assassination of Moses.

“The arrest of John Joel Joseph shows that there will be no hiding place for those directly or indirectly involved in the attack,” he wrote on Twitter, adding that his international efforts continue to bear fruit.

Joseph is the second suspect arrested in Jamaica. In late October, Jamaican authorities arrested former Colombian soldier Mario Antonio Palacios.

He was recently extradited to the United States and is awaiting trial charge Knowing or intending to use the conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States and to provide material assistance as a result of death, such material will be used to prepare or carry out the conspiracy to kill or kidnap the material.

Gunmen attacked Moses’ private residence on July 7 in the hills above Port-au-Prince and shot him dead, prompting a large-scale human hunt and investigation in several Latin American and Caribbean countries.

More than 40 people have been arrested, including 18 former Colombian soldiers in connection with the attack. wife he was wounded.

Colombian government officials said they had deceived the majority of ex-soldiers and did not know the actual mission. Soldiers who remain in Haitian prison have been charged with torture by authorities, and the Colombian government recently said it had threatened the country’s Haitian consul after trying to provide humanitarian aid.