Colombian National Charged in Connection with Plot to Kill Haitian President
Also: US charges suspect in assassination of Haitian president (Deutsche Welle)
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Colombian National Charged in Connection with Plot to Kill Haitian President
A Colombian national was arrested based on a criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida.
Mario Antonio Palacios, 43, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States and providing material support resulting in death, knowing or intending that such material support would be used to prepare for or carry out the conspiracy to kill or kidnap.
As alleged in the complaint, which was unsealed today, these charges relate to the July 7, 2021, assassination of the former President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As alleged, the defendant and others, including a group of approximately 20 other Colombian citizens and a group of Haiti-based dual Haitian-American citizens, participated in a plot to kidnap or kill the Haitian President, with one conspirator (“Co-conspirator #1”) traveling to the United States on June 28, 2021, to, among other things, provide other individuals with a written request for assistance to further the plot relating to the Haitian President.
As alleged in the complaint, while the plot initially focused on conducting a kidnapping of the president as part of a purported arrest operation, it ultimately resulted in a plot to kill the Haitian President. The complaint affidavit alleges that, on July 7, 2021, Palacios and others entered the president’s residence in Haiti with the intent and purpose of killing President Moise, and in fact the president was killed.
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Read more: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/colombian-national-charged-connection-plot-kill-haitian-president
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Source: Deutsche Welle
Date 04.01.2022
US charges suspect in assassination of Haitian president
Interpol had issued a red alert for the Colombian man in connection with the killing of President Jovenel Moise. Charges include conspiring to kidnap and conspiring to kill outside the US.
A Colombian national wanted in connection with the killing of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise has been charged by a US court. Mario P. was detained by US authorities and appeared in a federal court in Miami on Tuesday, where he was charged with providing material support resulting in death and conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to kill outside of the US.
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What do we know about the suspect?
Mario P. was arrested in Jamaica in October, and had been scheduled to fly to Colombia on Monday. However, according to Colombia's Director of police Jorge Luis Vargas, he was informed of the Interpol provisional arrest warrant, and that he was being extradited to the US.
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Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/us-charges-suspect-in-assassination-of-haitian-president/a-60331341
