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Haiti arrests one of the main suspects in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti police has announced the arrest of a former Haitian official considered one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. The National Police spokesman, Garry Desrosiers, has said that Joseph Badio was arrested in the neighborhood of Petion Vile, Port-au-Prince. Badio once worked for Haiti’s Ministry of Justice and at the government’s anti-corruption unit until he was fired for alleged violations of unspecified ethical rules weeks before the assassination.

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