Ex-US government informant gets life over Haiti president's murder - BBC News

Joseph Vincent is the fourth of 11 defendants in the case to be sentenced to life by a Miami court.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsJovenel Moise assassinationImage source, Getty ImagesBy Malu CursinoBBC NewsA former US government informant has been sentenced to life for his role in the assassination of Haiti's former president Jovenel Moise.

The sentencing comes two months after Haitian-American Joseph Vincent, 58, pleaded guilty to taking part in the plot to assassinate the late president.

Before his sentencing in a Miami court, he told the judge: "Please forgive me for what I did."

President Moise was shot and killed at his home in Port-au-Prince in 2021.

Vincent, who worked for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, is the fourth of 11 defendants to be sentenced to life in the Miami federal case for his supporting role in the murder plot.

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