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Businessman gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president

A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman to life in prison for his role in helping a group of Colombian mercenaries obtain weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021

The Independent UK

Mastermind of assassination of Haiti president sentenced to life by US court

Rodolphe Jaar, a Haitian-Chilean businessman, conspired with Colombian mercenaries, to kill Jovenel Moïse in 2021

The Guardian - US

Haitian businessman gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president

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Haiti: at least 12 suspected criminals beaten to death and burned in capital

Footage shows men forced to lie on street by police before being killed and set on fire in broad daylight

The Guardian - UK

Mob in Haiti capital burns to death 13 suspected gangsters

Police and witnesses say a mob in the Haitian capital has beaten and burned 13 suspected gang members to death with gasoline-soaked tires after pulling the men from police custody at a traffic stop

The Independent UK

Federal judge chastises prosecutors about delay in US trial of Haiti president’s murder

A federal judge in charge of the United States’ case against nearly a dozen defendants in the brazen assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse took prosecutors to task Monday for delaying the trial, saying he is troubled by the fact that the jailed defendants are being forced to spend more…

Miami Herald

More Colombian suspects in Moïse assassination questioned by FBI during Haiti visit

U.S. federal agents visited Haiti this week where they questioned several Colombian suspects in the ongoing investigation into the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

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Suspect in assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse accepts plea deal in Florida

A convicted drug trafficker has pleaded guilty in US federal court to participating in the assassination of Haiti’s president in 2021

The Independent UK

Man pleads guilty to role in Haiti president's assassination

A convicted drug trafficker has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to participating in the assassination of Haiti’s president in 2021

The Independent UK

Drug dealer admits backing plot in first guilty plea in assassination of Haiti’s president

MIAMI — A convicted Haitian drug trafficker pleaded guilty Friday to providing money to pay for weapons, food and lodging for Colombian commandos and others suspected of executing the fatal shooting of Haiti’s president, marking the first guilty plea in the murder conspiracy case in Miami federal court.

Miami Herald

Haiti PM turns to military for help in fighting gangs

Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he intends to activate all of the country’s security forces to fight increasingly powerful gangs

The Independent UK

Federal judge issues gag order silencing lawyers for defendants in Haiti assassination

MIAMI — A Miami federal judge has issued a gag order in the assassination case of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, barring defense attorneys from disclosing any evidence to outside parties based on “safety concerns” about witnesses involved in the high-profile case as well as law enforcement personnel, U.S. citizens stationed…

Miami Herald

Haiti police pursue new suspects in presidential slaying

Authorities in Haiti have identified new suspects in the July 2021 killing of President Jovenel Moïse

The Independent UK

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness heads to Haiti as gang wars threaten health care

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness is making a one-day visit to Haiti on Monday along with government ministers and ambassadors from two other Caribbean countries as part of a long-awaited visit to see how Caribbean leaders can help Haitians find their way out of their gang-ridden country’s crisis, which has…

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Foreign Policy

Haiti Is on the Brink of State Failure

From criminal gangs to elite corruption, cascading ills are almost entirely homegrown.

Miami Herald

US senators reintroduce sanctions bill targeting Haitian gangs and their supporters

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Florida Republican Marco Rubio, are reintroducing legislation that would go after criminal gangs in Haiti and those in the country’s political and private sectors who collude with them.

Miami Herald

Suspect in assassination of Haiti president tried to get FBI involved in 'regime change' plot

MIAMI — Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, one of 11 defendants accused in the plot to kidnap and kill Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, was so emboldened as an FBI informant that the Miami-area resident met with agents and promoted “regime change” in Haiti ahead of the brazen presidential assassination.

The Independent UK

US arrests four more suspects tied to assassination of Haitian president - bringing total to 11

US authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired former soldiers from Colombia for the mission

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WEKU

U.S. arrests 4 in Florida over the assassination of Haitian president

U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company, prosecutors announced.

The Independent UK

US arrests 4 tied to assassination of Haitian president

U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired former soldiers from Colombia for the mission

Miami Herald

4 arrested in South Florida in connection with Haitian president’s assassination

MIAMI — More than a year and a half after launching their investigation, U.S. federal agents arrested four suspects in South Florida Tuesday on charges of playing key roles in a plot to kill Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, who was shot to death in his home by an alleged team…

The Independent UK

Haiti appoints council amid push to hold general elections

Haiti’s prime minister has formally appointed a transition council charged with ensuring that long-awaited general elections are held in a country with no democratically elected institutions

Miami Herald

New details emerge in Haiti president’s slaying as newly charged suspects appear in court

MIAMI — He’s a physician and pastor who aspired to be Haiti’s president, amassing a small group of supporters who introduced him to key security contacts in South Florida who could help him acquire high-powered machine guns and silencers, men with military training and even financing.

The Independent UK

US charges 4 key suspects in killing of Haiti’s president

Four key suspects in the killing of Haiti’s president appear for the first time in U.S. federal court to face accusations that they plotted and participated in his assassination, a day after they were transferred to the United States for prosecution

WEKU

4 suspects in the assassination of Haiti's president were transferred to U.S. custody

Four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were transferred to the U.S. for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti. A total of seven suspects are now in U.S. custody.

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