Ex-Federal Informant Gets Life in Prison for Role in Haitian President’s Murder

The former DEA officer is the fourth defendant to receive such a sentence over President Jovenel Moise’s murder.

A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise during his memorial ceremony at the National Pantheon Museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 20, 2021. Matias Delacroix/AP Photo

A former U.S. government informant was sentenced to life in prison by a court in Miami on Feb. 9 over his involvement in the assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021.

Joseph Vincent, a Haitian-American national who worked for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, is among 11 defendants accused in the Miami federal case of involvement in the slaying at Mr. Moise’s residence. He is the fourth of the defendants to be sentenced to life in prison.