Jamaican authorities arrest main suspect in the assassination of the former Haitian president.
Moise was shot dead when assassins armed with assault rifles stormed his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince on July 7.
KINGSTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Jamaican authorities have detained a former Haitian senator who was a prime suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July, Jamaican national police said on Saturday.
Jamaican police spokesman Dennis Brooks told Reuters that John Joel Joseph, a well-known Haitian politician identified by authorities as a suspect in Moise's murder, was arrested by authorities on Friday.
Brooks declined to comment on whether the arrest followed a request from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is also investigating the murder. It was also unclear where Joseph was arrested in Jamaica.
Moise was shot dead when assassins armed with assault rifles stormed his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince on July 7, triggering a massive manhunt and investigations across several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Days after Moise's murder, then-National Police Chief Leon Charles said that Joseph was a key player in the plot, alleging that he supplied weapons and planned meetings, and that the police were looking for him.
Haiti has arrested dozens of people following the July assassination that left a political vacuum in the Caribbean nation. But it has not charged anyone, and the investigation has generated complaints in that country about delays and intimidation of officials.