{"id":1188202,"date":"2022-01-04T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188202"},"modified":"2022-01-04T18:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:05:31","slug":"doj-charges-colombian-national-in-plot-to-assassinate-haitian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-charges-colombian-national-in-plot-to-assassinate-haitian-president\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Charges Colombian National In Plot To Assassinate Haitian President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-charges-colombian-national-in-plot-to-assassinate-haitian-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188202&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that a Colombian national has been charged in connection with the plot to assassinate Haitian president Jovenel Mo\u00efse earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a press release, the DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/colombian-national-charged-connection-plot-kill-haitian-president\">said<\/a>, a \u201cColombian national was arrested based on a criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMario Antonio Palacios, 43, 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,\u201d the release noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The press release continued:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As alleged, the defendant and others, including a group of approximately 20 other Colombian citizens and a group of Haiti-based dual Haitian-American citizens, participated in a plot to kidnap or kill the Haitian President, with one conspirator (\u201cCo-conspirator #1\u201d) traveling to the United States on June 28, 2021, to, among other things, provide other individuals with a written request for assistance to further the plot relating to the Haitian President.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The DOJ explained that \u201cwhile the plot initially focused on conducting a kidnapping of the president as part of a purported arrest operation, it ultimately resulted in a plot to kill the Haitian President. The complaint affidavit alleges that, on July 7, 2021, Palacios and others entered the president\u2019s residence in Haiti with the intent and purpose of killing President Moise, and in fact the president was killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The defendant \u201cwas recently deported from Jamaica and, during a layover in Panama, agreed to travel to the United States. He is currently in custody and will appear in court for his initial appearance later today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The suspect could spend life in prison if convicted of the charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/04\/world\/americas\/suspect-detained-haiti-assassination.html\">reported<\/a> that Palacios went before a federal judge Tuesday where he was charged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAlfredo Izaguirre, a lawyer who was appointed to represent Mr. Palacios, said he would most likely plead not guilty at a pretrial hearing scheduled for later this month,\u201d The Times noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Times added:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mr. Mo\u00efse was gunned down on July 7 in his bedroom by assassins who spoke Spanish, according to his wife, Martine Mo\u00efse, who was injured in the attack. However, the exact identity of the killers, the details of Mr. Mo\u00efse\u2019s death and the ultimate mastermind of the plot remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-haitian-president-assassinated-in-hateful-inhumane-and-barbaric-act-official-says\">reported<\/a> on the assassination in July, noting, \u201cHaitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was assassinated in his private residence overnight, according to Haitian government officials.\u201d The U.S. government temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-closes-embassy-following-assassination-of-haitian-president\">shut down<\/a> the U.S. Embassy in Haiti after the&nbsp;assassination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Daily Wire added:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Moise, 53, was at the presidential palace at around 1:00 am on Wednesday when a \u201chighly trained and heavily armed group\u201d conducted a \u201ccoordinated attack,\u201d according to a statement from interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">United States officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-officials-travel-to-haiti-after-president-assassinated-dont-send-military-assistance\">traveled<\/a> to Haiti following the attack in order to meet with Haitian officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/562500-us-delegation-meets-with-haitian-officials\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;by The Hill, authorities from the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and State as well as the White House National Security Council (NSC) went to Haiti to look into the security status of the country and help with the investigation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/interim-pm-requests-u-s-troops-to-haiti-following-presidents-assassination\">reported<\/a>, the interim prime minister of Haiti asked the United States to send members of its military to Haiti in order to help with unrest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that a Colombian national has been charged in connection with the plot to assassinate Haitian president Jovenel Mo\u00efse earlier this year. In a press release, the DOJ said, a \u201cColombian national was arrested based on a criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida.\u201d \u201cMario &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}