Mario Palacios, Main Suspect In Murder Of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, Charged In Federal Court In Miami

CBS Miami

January 5, 2022

The main suspect in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse appeared in federal court in Miami on Tuesday.

Mario Antonio Palacios is charged with conspiracy 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.

He 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 and he agreed to travel to the U.S.

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