More than a dozen arrested in connection with 2021 assassination of Haitian president

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Eighteen suspects in the assassination of Haiti's president have been extradited to the U.S. under a sharply expanded federal indictment.

Eighteen suspects linked to the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have been flown from Haiti to the United States to face federal trial in Florida. The extraditions form part of a broader, dramatically expanded U.S. prosecution that has indicted thirty individuals allegedly involved in the transnational plot. Moïse was shot dead at his private residence by a mercenary group, an event that plunged the Caribbean nation into profound political and security chaos.

Eighteen men were transported out of Haiti and brought to Miami to stand trial in a federal court.
The suspects include Colombian soldiers and former Haitian officials accused of orchestrating the plot from U.S. soil.
The U.S. prosecution expanded to indict a total of thirty people allegedly involved in the assassination.
The 2021 killing of Jovenel Moïse took place at his private residence while his security detail failed to intervene.

By the numbers

18suspects extradited to the United States

30people indicted in the expanded prosecution

20mercenaries in the hired group

Timeline

Sep 20U.S. officials announced the extradition of eighteen suspects from Haiti to face trial in Florida.
Sep 22Reports detailed that the U.S. prosecution had expanded to indict thirty individuals involved in the assassination plot.

Why it matters

The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse created a profound power vacuum and exacerbated severe gang violence and institutional instability in Haiti. Because local judicial systems have struggled to handle the high-profile case securely, international legal action has become central to pursuing accountability.

What outlets agree on

Eighteen suspects accused of participating in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were transported from Haiti to Florida to face trial in a U.S. federal court.

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HaitiJovenel MoïseUnited StatesFloridaJoseph Badio

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