SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—U.S. authorities have taken custody of a main suspect in the killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, and he is scheduled to appear Tuesday in federal court in Miami. Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios was arrested in Jamaica in October and was scheduled to fly to his native Colombia on Monday. However, Interpol notified Palacios during a stopover in Panama that the U.S. government was extraditing him, said Gen. Jorge Luis Vargas, director of Colombia’s police. He said that Colombia, Jamaica, and the United States were in touch to coordinate the deportation and extradition of Palacios to the United States. Interpol had issued a red alert for Palacios on charges including attempted murder, armed robbery, and conspiracy based on a request from the Haitian government. It wasn’t immediately clear what charges Palacios faced in the United States or whether he had an attorney. Marlene Rodríguez, a spokeswoman for …
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