Former Haiti senator arrested in Jamaica over president's murder

A former Haitian lawmaker who is a suspect in the assassination of the country's president has been arrested in Jamaica, Jamaican authorities said Saturday.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 07, 2021, a Haitian police officer stands guard outside of the presidential residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after President Jovenel Moise was assassinated. - A former Haitian lawmaker who is a suspect in the assassination of the country's president has been arrested in Jamaica, a police source said on January 15, 2022. Ex-senator John Joel Joseph, wanted in the July 7, 2021, killing of president Jovenel Moise, was arrested overnight Friday into Saturday, the source said, without specifying where in Jamaica. (Photo: Valerrie Baeriswyl / AFP

2022-01-16 10:35:00

A former Haitian lawmaker who is a suspect in the assassination of the country's president has been arrested in Jamaica, Jamaican authorities said Saturday.

Ex-senator Jean Joel Joseph, wanted in the July 7, 2021, killing of president Jovenel Moise, was arrested Friday evening, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said in a statement.

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