Former US Informant Arrested In Connection With Haiti Assassination

Two Haitian-American men, Joseph Vincent, 55, and James Solages, 35, have been arrested and charged with joining 26 Colombians in the fatal attack on Haitian President Jovenel Moise.

One of the two men has been identified as a former informant to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA official who spoke on the condition of anonymity declined to say which of the two men had been an informant but said that the suspect had reached out to the DEA after the assassination and that it urged him to surrender. “These individuals were not acting on behalf of DEA.”

The US Justice Department said on Monday that it had been asked by Haiti to assist in the probe of Moise`s murder, and was doing so. US law enforcement and intelligence agencies are currently probing why the Haitian-American men may have taken part in the assassination.

Spokesman Anthony Coley said “An initial assessment has been conducted in Haiti by senior U.S. officials. The department will also investigate whether there were any violations of U.S. criminal law in connection with this matter.”

A third Haitian American, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, was arrested on Sunday by Haitian authorities, who accused him of being a mastermind of the attack.

Reports from sources close to the investigation say that Solages and Vincent told investigators they were translators for a Colombian commando unit that had an arrest warrant for Moise, but that when they arrived, they found Moise dead.

Solages described himself online as a “certified diplomatic agent” and the former “chief commander of bodyguards” for the Canadian Embassy in Haiti. Those statements were made on the website of a charity he ran.