Haitian Ex-Senator Allegedly Involved In Moïse Killing Set To Face Court In February

Former Haitian senator John Joel Joseph, together with his wife and two children, is set to attend court proceedings next month after his and his family’s arrest last weekend in Jamaica over allegations of being involved with the Haitian president’s killing.

The Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree ordered Joseph and his family to be remanded and to attend the next session on February 15, Joseph’s attorney-at-law Donahue Martin told the Jamaica Observer in an interview.

No further details were said about the court proceedings. “I can’t comment beyond that. The matter has some amount of sensitivity to it and as a result my comments have to be very limited,” Martin said.

Last week, Jamaican authorities arrested Joseph who is apparently a prime suspect in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021.

The Observer further reported that the ex-senator arrived in Jamaica illegally by boat in December, tagging along his family members.

In a pre-dawn police operation, Joseph and his family were found in Warminster District, St Elizabeth. They were occupying “two houses on a property in the rural community.” The residents have kept them under the radar for a couple of weeks.