(Reuters) – U.S. authorities have arrested a Colombian man for his alleged involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, an American regulation enforcement official advised Reuters, including that the person will make an preliminary court docket look on Tuesday.
The suspect, Mario Palacios, is a former member of the Colombian navy who Haitian authorities say was a part of a mercenary group that assassinated Moise in July.
Palacios is scheduled to make an preliminary look in federal court docket in Miami on Tuesday afternoon, the source mentioned, talking on situation of anonymity. The arrest was first reported by the Miami Herald.
Palacios was arrested in Panama on Monday as he was being deported from Jamaica to Colombia, in line with two folks accustomed to the matter.
Haitian authorities have arrested some 45 folks in reference to the brazen homicide, which created a political vacuum in the Caribbean nation, however have but to indict anybody.
Critics in Haiti have complained of sluggish progress, intimidation and witness tampering in the investigation of Moise’s killing.
(Reporting by Brian Ellsworth; modifying by Jonathan Oatis)
