Relatives of the former Haitian senator John Jöel Joseph, who appeared last week before a United States court accused of the assassination of the president of Haiti. Jovenel Moise last year, will be deported from Jamaica.
The Court of Kingston and St Andrew ordered The deportation of his wife, 38, and their children, ages 17 and 9, according to Jamaican media reports.
The 51-year-old former senator , was arrested last January in Jamaica after fleeing with his family to the island, where they were accused of entering illegally.
His lawyer, Donahue Martín, had requested the condition n refugee, but it was denied.
Martin had alleged that the family fled. from Haiti and entered illegally to Jamaica out of fear of being killed by those who believe they were involved in Moise’s murder in July 2021.
Joseph appeared on the 9th before a judge in Miami (Florida, USA) after being extradited from Jamaica to answer for his alleged involvement in the murder. that the former senator remain in prison until the next hearing, which will This same month, alleging that there is a risk of absconding.
The public ministry that Joseph is accused of conspiring to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States and of providing material support.
With this former senator, there are three suspects involved in Moise’s murder who are now in the hands of the US Justice.
Moise was assassinated in his home in Port-au-Prince by an armed command made up of 48 people, including 18 Colombians and 2 Americans of Haitian origin, who were arrested.