DEA Confirms Former Informant Arrested in Haitian President’s Assassination

Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse, among them Haitian American citizens James Solages, left, and Joseph Vincent, second left, are shown to the media at the general direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 8, 2021. Joseph Odelyn/AP Photo

A Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) official has confirmed that a suspect alleged to be involved in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was a former informant to the agency.

“At times, one of the suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was a confidential source to the DEA,” a DEA official told Fox News and other news outlets Tuesday.