US arrests, charges suspect in Haitian president slaying

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Published January 4, 2022 10:15 AM

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ASTRID SUÁREZ
Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. government says it charged one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse as it unsealed a complaint that revealed federal authorities had interviewed several months ago while he was hiding in Jamaica. Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios, a 43-year-old former Colombian soldier, faces two counts including conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States . He appeared at a court in Miami on Tuesday but did not enter a plea. He was arrested in Jamaica in October and was en route to Colombia when the US extradited him.

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