The United States has arrested a Colombian man for his alleged involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was killed in his bedroom last July
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Mario Palacios was extradited to the US from Panama on Tuesday, Colombian National Place said in a statement.Palacios was one of the few suspects that managed to flee the country after Moise's assassination. He eventually ended up in Jamaica, where he was captured by authorities for entering the country illegally. How Palacios escaped Haiti remains unknown.
Haiti's first lady Moise describes husband's assassination 04:12"They came to find something because I heard them saying 'that's not it, that's not it, there it is,' which means they found what they were looking for," she added. She said an assailant then approached her husband -- unhurt at that point -- and made a phone call, describing him down the line before shooting him dead.
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