Haitian Fugitive Ordered Colombians to Kill Moise, Police Say
- Former Haiti Justice Ministry official emerges as key suspect
- Haiti issued arrest warrant for Joseph Felix Badio on Tuesday
A police officer stands by a wall painted with a mural of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise after FBI agents and forensic teams conducted searches in his residence in Port-au-Prince on July 15.
Photographer: Valerie Baeriswy/AFP/Getty Images
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A former official with Haiti’s Ministry of Justice gave the order to mercenaries to assassinate President Jovenel Moise, according to Colombian police.
Three days before the murder, Joseph Felix Badio, who also formerly worked in an anti-corruption unit, told the leaders of the Colombian team that they were no longer going to arrest Moise but to kill him, Colombian Police Director Jorge Luis Vargas said Friday.