John Joël Joseph (born 1971), also known as Joseph Joel John,[1][2] is a Haitian-American politician and convicted felon who was a member of the Senate of Haiti.[3]
Joseph was a member of the Senate of Haiti, the upper house of the Haitian Parliament.
Six days after the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in July 2021, a police warrant for his arrest was launched.[4] Haitian National Police Chief Léon Charles said that Joseph was a mastermind of the plot, furnishing the attackers with weapons and organizing meetings.[5] In January 2022 he was arrested in Jamaica under suspicion of the president's murder.[6] On 10 May 2022 he was charged with conspiracy in connection to the murder.[7] On 19 December 2023, he was sentenced to life in prison.[8][9]
