Candidate wanted on U.S. drug charges wins Haiti Senate seat

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A Senate candidate and former rebellion leader wanted on decade-old U.S. drug-trafficking charges has been elected to Haiti’s Parliament. Provisional Electoral Council spokeswoman Nicole Simeon said Monday that preliminary results show Guy Philippe won a Senate runoff for the Grande Anse region. Final results won’t be certified for weeks. Philippe belongs to the Consortium faction allied with President-elect Jovenel Moise’s Tet Kale party. He is wanted on drug-trafficking charges including conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States. The indictment charging him is sealed and federal prosecutors decline to discuss it. Philippe denies any wrongdoing.