U.S. Has Arrested Its First Suspect in Slaying of Haitian President

BOGOTA, Colombia—A previous Colombian soldier who Haitian authorities said was involved in the July assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has turn into the 1st suspect in the circumstance to be arrested by U.S. officers and brought just before an American court docket.

Mario Antonio Palacios was flown by U.S. officers to Miami and appeared Tuesday in a federal courtroom, the Justice Department stated. He faces costs of conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping exterior the U.S. and supplying product support ensuing in loss of life. American authorities have jurisdiction due to the fact Haitian investigators assert the plot was partly prepared and financed in Florida, with a Miami-spot safety enterprise giving weapons and education to the alleged assassins.