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Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 5 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president
Four men face possible life sentences for conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in a 2021 plot financed by local entities.
- On March 9, in Miami federal court, judges began jury selection for four men charged in the 2021 Haitian President assassination.
- Investigators say the plot was planned and financed from South Florida, where conspirators met in April 2021 to install Dr. Christian Emmanuel Sanon so CTU would receive contracts.
- Officials note the July 7, 2021 attack involved about 20 Colombian nationals retained by CTU and a $175,000 line of credit from Worldwide Capital, while about two dozen mercenaries attacked Moïse's home, wounding his wife.
- As a result, the defendants face possible life sentences, with Dr. Christian Emmanuel Sanon's case severed for medical reasons and the trial delayed by Judge Jacqueline Becerra.
- The broader probe shows gang violence, death threats, and a crumbling judicial system have stalled investigations in Haiti, while five suspects have pleaded guilty in the U.S. and more face charges in Haiti, including officials and soldiers.
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Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 5 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president
Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of five men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
Trial for South Florida defendants in slaying of Haiti’s president gets underway next week
MIAMI — Four men accused of hatching a plot in South Florida that led to the gruesome death of Haiti’s president will finally face trial today, almost five years after Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his bedroom, plunging his nation…
The selection of the jury began on Monday at the federal trial in Florida against four men accused of participating in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Vinemilla and James Solages are accused of criminal association to kidnap or kill the former Haitian president, as well as other related charges. They face the possibility of life imprisonment. They all pleaded innocent. Christ…
The jury selection began on Monday at the federal trial in Florida against four men accused of participating in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.
The trial of four men accused in the U.S. of participating in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse began Monday in a Miami federal court with jury selection, in a case where five other people have already been sentenced to life imprisonment. Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla, and James Solages are accused of conspiring to kidnap and murder Moïse, carried out by a group of mercenaries, 17 of them Col…
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