Three Haitian Americans and a Colombian have been charged by the US Justice Department for their roles in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse because the Administration has doubts about the ability of the Haitian justice system to properly handle such an important case.
As the New York Times notes, the Haitian government has essentially collapsed since Moïse was killed in a July 7, 2021 assassination allegedly armed by plotters in the United States arming Colombian mercenaries supposedly organized by a former Haitian supreme court judge. The US has already charged three others in connection with the assassination, but these defendants are considered to be part of the plan’s leadership; the previously indicted individuals helped supply the mercenaries when they arrived on Haiti.
This round, Haitian Americans James Solages and Joseph Vincent, along with Colombian Germán Alejandro Rivera García, were charged with conspiracy to murder Moïse. Dr. Christian Emmanuel Sanon was charged with smuggling.