Former U.S. drug agency informant arrested in Haiti assassination, DEA source says

Haitian police stand guard as protests were planned after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -One of the Haitian-American men arrested on suspicion of taking part in the assassination of Haiti's president last week had been an informant to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, a DEA official said on Monday.

Haitian authorities last week arrested two Haitian-American men, Joseph Vincent, 55, and James Solages, 35, and charged them with joining 26 Colombians in the fatal attack on Haitian President Jovenel Moise.