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Fri Jun 2, 2023, 06:01 PM Jun 2023

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

Source: The Guardian

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

Richard Luscombe in Miami
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Fri 2 Jun 2023 18.20 BST
Last modified on Fri 2 Jun 2023 18.33 BST

A mastermind of the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse two years ago has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a federal court judge in Florida.

Rodolphe Jaar, a Haitian-Chilean businessman, conspired with a group of Colombian mercenaries to murder Moïse at his home in Port-au-Prince on 7 July 2021. Prosecutors at his sentencing hearing in Miami said Jaar obtained the weapons used in the “commando-style” attack that killed Moïse, 53, and seriously injured his wife.

Jaar, 50, a convicted drug trafficker and US government informant, pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the US, and providing material support resulting in death.

He was among 11 people arrested and charged in the US, after his extradition from the Dominican Republic – and so far the only one to admit guilt. A trial is set to begin in Miami next month for the others, but is likely to be delayed, authorities said.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/02/haiti-president-assassination-rodolphe-jaar-life-sentence

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