{"id":9678,"date":"2022-01-16T00:41:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T23:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=9678"},"modified":"2022-01-16T00:41:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T23:41:13","slug":"jamaica-detains-ex-senator-key-suspect-in-killing-of-haitian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/jamaica-detains-ex-senator-key-suspect-in-killing-of-haitian-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica detains ex-senator, key suspect in killing of Haitian president"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jamaican authorities have detained a former Haitian senator who was a key suspect in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July, Jamaican national police said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Jamaica Constabulary Force spokesman Dennis Brooks told Reuters<\/a> that John Joel Joseph, a well-known Haitian politician named by the authorities as a suspect in Moise’s killing, was arrested by the authorities on Friday.<\/p>\n Brooks declined to comment on whether the arrest was following a request by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations, which is also investigating the murder. It was also unclear where Joseph was arrested in Jamaica.<\/p>\n ALSO READ:\u00a0National Bank of Canada plans vaccine clinics for employees, their families<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Moise was shot dead when assassins armed with assault rifles stormed his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince on July 7, sparking a major man hunt and investigations across several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n Days after Moise murder the then-National Police Chief Leon Charles said Joseph was a key player in the plot, alleging he supplied weapons and planned meetings, and that police were searching for him.<\/p>\n Haiti has arrested dozens of people following the July murder that left a political vacuum in the Caribbean nation. But it has not charged anyone, and the investigation has drawn complaints in that country about delays and intimidation of officials.<\/p>\n U.S. authorities this month charged a Colombian man with conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States in connection with the assassination of Moise, the first official charges in the brazen crime.\u00a0read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jamaican authorities have detained a former Haitian senator who was a key suspect in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July, Jamaican national police said on Saturday. Jamaica Constabulary Force spokesman Dennis Brooks […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[1978,1714],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-9678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"tag-jamaica","10":"tag-president-jovenel-moise"},"yoast_head":"\n