Florida pastor accused of role in Haitian president's assassination goes on trial
Prosecutors say Christian Emmanuel Sanon helped finance and organize the plot, which could bring him a life sentence if convicted.
- On Monday, a former Haitian government official and 17 others appeared in federal court in Miami on charges related to the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
- U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones said Moïse was "assassinated by individuals seeking to profit from illicit financial opportunities and business contracts" during the July 7, 2021, attack near Port-au-Prince.
- Joseph Badio, a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee, was brought into court and charged with conspiracy for allegedly posing as a U.S. drug agent during the killing.
- Prosecutions moved to the United States because proceedings in Haiti "continue to face significant difficulties," the Ministry of Justice and Public Security said, citing gang violence and judge resignations.
- Prosecutors have charged more than 40 people with crimes related to the assassination, with Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Florida pastor who authorities said aspired to be president, scheduled for trial next week.
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Christian Emmanuel Sanon is accused of helping to plan plot to kill Jovenel Moise
Christian Emmanuel Sanon, Haitian-American physician and pastor, is designated as the intellectual author of the murder in 2021, with the intention of taking the presidency
Miami (USA), Sep 28 (EFE).- The trial of Christian Emmanuel Sanon, an evangelical pastor of South Florida with dual Haitian and American nationality, accused of conspiring to kill or kidnap Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse, killed in 2021, began this Monday in Miami. Sanon, who pleaded not guilty and is exposed to [...] The entry Begins the trial of a pastor accused of conspiring to kill Haitian president was first published in HolaNews.
Trials over the assassination of Haiti's president resume in Miami: What to know
Five years after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, dozens of people arrested in connection with the killing in the troubled Caribbean nation are still awaiting trial in Miami.
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