A key suspect in the murder investigation of Haitian President Jovenel Mo茂se was arrested Wednesday by federal agents in Miami after being escorted back to the United States by federal agents.
Rodolphe Jaar, a Haitian businessman who had been convicted of U.S. cocaine-trafficking charges a decade ago, was detained by Dominican authorities earlier this month after crossing into the country following months of hiding in neighboring Haiti.
The arrest of Jaar, known as 鈥淒odof,鈥� in the Dominican Republic came six months to the day after a hit squad allegedly made up of Colombian commandos, Haitian police officers and others piled into vehicles from Jaar鈥檚 home in Petionville and drove to the president鈥檚 nearby residence to carry out his assassination.
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