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KINGSTON – The United States has requested the extradition from Jamaica of a suspect in the assassination of Haitian , the suspect's lawyer said on Thursday.
Former Haitian senator John Joel Joseph, whom the Haitian government considers a key suspect in Moise's murder last July, was arrested in Jamaica after having fled Haiti.
Joseph has agreed to the extradition, his lawyer Donahue Martin said in a telephone interview.
The United States has become increasingly involved in the investigation of Moise's murder, with key suspects facing the prospect of trial in US courts as a probe by the Caribbean nation's authorities stalls.
Moise was shot dead by assassins armed with assault rifles who stormed his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince, sparking a manhunt and investigations across several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Days after the murder, then-national police chief Leon Charles said Joseph was a key player in the plot, saying he supplied weapons and planned meetings.
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