KINGSTON (Reuters) -Jamaican authorities have detained a former Haitian senator who was a key suspect in the homicide of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July, Jamaican nationwide police stated on Saturday.
Jamaica Constabulary Force spokesman Dennis Brooks informed Reuters that John Joel Joseph, a widely known Haitian politician named by the authorities as a suspect in Moise’s killing, was arrested by the authorities on Friday.
Brooks declined to touch upon whether or not the arrest was following a request by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations, which can also be investigating the homicide. It was additionally unclear the place Joseph was arrested in Jamaica.
Moise was shot useless when assassins armed with assault rifles stormed his personal residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince on July 7, sparking a significant man hunt and investigations throughout a number of international locations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Days after Moise homicide the then-National Police Chief Leon Charles stated Joseph was a key participant in the plot, alleging he equipped weapons and deliberate conferences, and that police have been looking for him.
Haiti has arrested dozens of individuals following the July homicide that left a political vacuum in the Caribbean nation. But it has not charged anybody, and the investigation has drawn complaints in that nation about delays and intimidation of officers.
U.S. authorities this month charged a Colombian man with conspiracy to commit homicide or kidnapping exterior the United States in reference to the assassination of Moise, the primary official expenses in the brazen crime.
(Reporting by Kate ChappellWriting by Drazen JorgicEditing by Marguerita Choy)
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