Four convicted in US related to killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise
Key takeaways
- Prosecutors charge Florida served as central hub in 2021 assassination of Moise, which sparked ongoing political crisis.
- They were also convicted of providing material support for the plot in violation of US law.
- US prosecutors have said that the south of Florida, the closest US state to Haiti, served as a central hub for planning and funding Moise’s assassination.
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Prosecutors charge Florida served as central hub in 2021 assassination of Moise, which sparked ongoing political crisis.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A person holds a photo of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise during his memorial ceremony at the National Pantheon Museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti 2021. [File: Matias Delacroix/The Associated Press]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 8 May 20268 May 2026Four people have been convicted in the United States in connection with the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages were found guilty on Friday of conspiring to kill or kidnap Moise, whose assassination left a political vacuum in the Caribbean nation that has compounded overlapping security and humanitarian crises.