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File photo: A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead earlier this month, during his funeral at his family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, July 23, 2021. Vincent was arrested days after the attack alongside another Haitian-American, James Solages. At these meetings, the filing said, Vincent often wore a U.S. State Department pin leading people to believe he was employed by the U.S. government. Jaar and Rivera were both sentenced to life in prison, while John is expected to be sentenced on Dec. 19. Reporting by Sarah Morland and Kylie Madry; Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jovenel Moise, Ricardo Arduengo, Joseph Vincent, Vincent, Jovenel Moise's, Prince, James Solages, Solages, Christian Sanon's, Moise, Vincent's, Joseph Joel John, German Rivera, Rodolphe Jaar, Jaar, Rivera, John, Sarah Morland, Kylie Madry, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S . State Department, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Cap, Haitien, Haiti, U.S, American, Colombian, Florida, Haitian, Chilean

MEXICO CITY, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Mexican distiller Becle (CUERVO.MX), the world's largest tequila producer, lost $1.54 billion in market capitalization from a share selloff on Thursday after a stronger peso battered profits. Mexican firms' foreign income was devalued by gains in the peso, which strengthened 14% to the dollar over the year ending Sept. 30. Becle said it would continue shifting into the premium-priced liquor market and planned capital spending in the lower range of $200 million to $225 million this year. When stripping out the effects of foreign exchange, annual sales should still grow by a high-single digit percentage, Becle said. ($1 = 18.1430 Mexican pesos)Reporting by Sarah Morland; Editing by Kylie Madry and Rod NickelOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Becle, Jose Cuervo, Gordon Dron, Morgan, Sarah Morland, Kylie Madry, Rod Nickel Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Itau, J.P, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, U.S, Europe, America

PORT-AU-RPINCE, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Haitian gangs run schools, clinics and foundations in place of an increasingly absent government, even as their criminal rackets help gang leaders amass funds and afford luxury homes with swimming pools in the hemisphere's poorest country. That was one of the findings of a comprehensive United Nations report published on Wednesday. "Gangs are getting stronger, richer, better armed and more autonomous," according to a 156-page report from a U.N. experts panel. The report concluded that gangs frequently use rape to terrorize and extort victims, demand money and control food supplies. The Caribbean nation's gangs have significantly expanded their influence in recent years, driving mass-migration and internal displacements while plunging millions into severe hunger.

Persons: They're, Bwa Kale, Harold Isaac, Sarah Morland, David Alire Garcia, Sandra Maler Organizations: PORT, United Nations, coalescing, Thomson Locations: United States, Caribbean, Port, Mexico City

A European Union flag flutters outside the congress palace ahead of the European Political Community summit in Granada, Spain, October 4, 2023. The council said all three jurisdictions either lacked tax information or failed to deliver on commitments regarding governance and transparency reforms. Barring Russia, it said in a statement, the EU list only includes "small and vulnerable countries like Belize yet fails to include any EU member state" which were given the same Global Forum rating. Oxfam's EU tax expert Chiara Putaturo also slammed the list as "toothless" for not screening the United States, the UK, or EU states such as Luxembourg and Malta, adding "countries deemed too big to be listed can no longer escape scrutiny." The EU Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Jon Nazca, Chiara Putaturo, Sarah Morland, Alvaro Murillo, Jose Sanchez, Bill Berkrot, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, European Union, OECD's, Transparency, Information, EU, Marshall, Thomson Locations: Granada, Spain, Seychelles, Caribbean, Belize, Antigua, Barbuda, Russia, Panama, EU, United States, Luxembourg, Malta, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Mexico City, San Jose, Belmopan

A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead earlier this month, during his funeral at his family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 7 (Reuters) - A retired Colombian army officer pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Thursday to conspiring and supporting a plot to kill Haitian President Jovenel Moise, shot dead in his bedroom two years ago, a brazen assassination that created a destabilizing power vacuum. The document also says Rivera provided material support, training and personnel to support Moise's kidnapping or murder. Rivera is one of 11 defendants in the case, which includes businessmen accused of helping obtain vehicles and firearms from Florida. Reporting by Sarah Morland; Editing by David Alire Garcia and David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jovenel Moise, Ricardo Arduengo, German Rivera, Mike, Moise, Rivera, Ariel Henry, Rodolphe Jaar, Martine Moise, don't, Sarah Morland, David Alire Garcia, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Thomson Locations: Cap, Haitien, Haiti, Colombian, U.S, German, Moise's, Caribbean, Florida, Haitian, Chilean, Miami

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