A form Haitian lawmaker has been criminally charged in the United States for his involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July 2021, becoming the third man to be arrested and charged for involvement in the death.
Joseph Joel John, 51, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis from the Southern District of Florida on May 9 after being extradited from Jamaica.
“John is charged with conspiring 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,” a May 9 press release by the Department of Justice said.
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