{"id":26336,"date":"2023-10-20T13:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=26336"},"modified":"2023-10-20T13:27:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:27:48","slug":"haiti-arrests-key-suspect-in-president-jovenel-moises-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/10\/20\/haiti-arrests-key-suspect-in-president-jovenel-moises-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti arrests key suspect in President Jovenel Moise’s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Haitian police have arrested a former justice ministry official suspected of ordering the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Joseph Felix Badio was caught as he was driving out of a supermarket car park in the capital, Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Moise was murdered in his bedroom by Colombian mercenaries in 2021. Most have since been arrested or killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His death threw Haiti into a prolonged political crisis and led to unprecedented levels of lawlessness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Within months, criminal gangs extended their control over the capital, including its infrastructure and main fuel port.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Badio is accused of ordering hitmen to carry out the attack. He is charged with murder, attempted murder and armed robbery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Local media said Mr Badio had been fired from his post as an anti-corruption official in the justice ministry a few months before the assassination, after he was allegedly bribed to release a prisoner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some of the hitmen arrested hours after the killing alleged that Mr Badio, 60, had given them their orders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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