US charges Colombian national with plot to assassinate ex-Haitian president

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - The US charged on Tuesday a Colombian national with allegedly plotting to kill former Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was assassinated in July in Port-au-Prince.

Mario Antonio Palacios, 43, has been taken into custody and faces multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States, according to the Justice Department.

A criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday says Palacios and over 20 others plotted to kidnap or kill Moise with an unnamed co-conspirator traveling to the US on June 28 to hand deliver a written request for additional aid to carry out the plot.