Four people were transferred to Florida in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, being made available to federal authorities this Tuesday to respond to charges related to the events that occurred on July 7, 2021.
The four people were transferred to Miami from Haiti, where they were arrested, to be processed for, among other federal charges, conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping, following the murder of Moïse at his residence located on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. the Caribbean nation, reported the agency EFE
The suspects were Haitian-Americans James Solages, 37; Joseph Vincent, 57, and Christian Sanon, 54. Also among the accused are Germán Alejandro Rivera García, 44, a Colombian national.
The four suspects are expected to make their first appearance in federal court in Miami on Wednesday, joining three others arrested for their alleged involvement in the presidential plot.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the three Haitian-American detainees lived in South Florida, where the largest number of Haitians are in the United States, and in April 2021 met to discuss how to promote a change in the Haitian presidency. .
After the meeting, a logistical plan was drawn up to launch a “regime change operation” in Haiti using weapons, including grenades and tear gas.
Within a month, Sanon, who is a doctor, pastor and aspiring political candidate in Haiti, hired private military personnel that included approximately 20 military-trained Colombians led by Rivera.
With the plan in place, Solages, Vincent, Rivera and others tried to arrest the president and kidnap him, but the plan did not proceed due to lack of military equipment, so Solages traveled to South Florida to finalize the operation against Moïse. and then returned to the island to continue the plan, according to US court documents.
The heavily armed squad entered the home of the Haitian president and was assassinated on July 7, sparking a criminal investigation that has led to the arrest of 40 people, but no formal charges yet.
The other three suspects in custody in the country are Colombian Mario Antonio Palacios, Haitian-Chilean Rodolphe Jaar and former Haitian senator Joseph Joel John, arrested last year, the first two of whom have pleaded not guilty.