Ex-DEA informant sentenced to life in prison for 2021 killing of Haiti president

Source: The Guardian

Ex-DEA informant sentenced to life in prison for 2021 killing of Haiti president

Haitian American Joseph Vincent, who admitted to helping plot assassination of Jovenel Moïse, is among 11 people accused

Guardian staff and agency
Fri 9 Feb 2024 19.25 GMT
Last modified on Fri 9 Feb 2024 20.54 GMT

Joseph Vincent, a former informant for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), was handed a life sentence by a US court on Friday for his role in the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president.

A Haitian American national, Vincent admitted to helping plot to kill the Haitian president Jovenel Moïse in his home in Port-au-Prince, including advice about the political landscape and meetings with key community leaders.

Vincent is among 11 defendants in the case, which includes Colombian ex-soldiers and businessmen accused of helping supply funds and weapons and carrying out the night-time attack.

Another defendant, Frederick Joseph Bergmann Jr, pleaded guilty to a role in Moïse’s assassination on Friday. His sentencing was tentatively set for 18 April 2024.

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