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Roundup of the Haitian people and topics that drew the most media attention in 2023.

(Reuters) -A former Colombian soldier pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Friday to charges related to his accused role in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Prosecutors had said Mario Palacios was part of a squad of Colombian contractors who broke into Moise's home, where he was killed. Palacios was, according to his proffer statement, hired alongside other Colombian ex-military personnel by Florida-based security firm CTU to "provide security" for an individual who was to become Haiti's next president.

A former senator in Haiti, John Joël Joseph, has been sentenced to life in prison in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

A US court on Tuesday sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in prison for his role in the assassination of the Caribbean country's president Jovenel Moise in 2021.A businessman holding dual Haitian and Chilean citizenship, Rodolphe Jaar, and retired Colombian military officer German Rivera were sentenced earlier this year to life in prison for their role in Moise's assassination.

(Reuters) - Joseph Vincent, a former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant, on Tuesday became the fourth person to plead guilty in a U.S. co...