Four people convicted of conspiracy in US trial tied to 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president
The men were also convicted of violating the U.S. Neutrality Act and could face life sentences, prosecutors said.
- On Friday, a Florida jury convicted Antonio Intriago, Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Walter Veintemilla, and James Solages of conspiracy in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel, facing potential life sentences.
- Prosecutors alleged South Florida served as the planning hub for the plot to replace Haitian President Jovenel, where Ortiz and Intriago operated the Counter Terrorist Unit Federal Academy and Counter Terrorist Unit Security.
- On July 7, 2021, about two dozen foreign mercenaries mostly from Colombia attacked Haitian President Jovenel's home near Port-au-Prince, wounding his wife, Martine, during the assault.
- Christian Sanon, a dual Haitian-American citizen, was initially favored by conspirators to replace Haitian President Jovenel; Solages coordinated with Sanon while at least five others pleaded guilty and face life sentences.
- The trial concluded in Miami nearly two months after it began, as this assassination led to unprecedented turmoil in Haiti and the Caribbean, where gang leaders have grown increasingly violent and empowered.
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The assassination of a president is usually the beginning of a national tragedy, and in the case of Haiti, it was the final push into the abyss. This Friday, after five years of uncertainty, a federal jury in Miami convicted four Florida resident men for organizing the murder of Jovenel Moïse , which took place in July 2021. The verdict closes a key chapter in an eight-week trial that seems to have come out of a spy novel, where ex-FBI informant…
Four Convicted in Plot That Led to Haitian President Jovenel Moïse's Assassination
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021./Image: Public domain via Office of USAID Administrator On July 7, 2021, Jovenel Moïse, the 43rd President of Haiti, was assassinated in his private residence in the Pèlerin 5 neighborhood of Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. An armed group of mercenaries, mostly Colombian ex-soldiers plus two Haitian-Americans, stormed his home posing as DEA agents (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administr…
According to the prosecutors, the four recruited twenty former Colombian soldiers and provided them with money, weapons, ammunition, and bulletproof vests to assassinate the president.
The death of the leader exacerbated the chaos in the poorest country in the Americas, which has not held an election since 2016 and has been without a president since the assassination. Source link: https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/05/09/quatre-hommes-reconnus-coupables-aux-etats-unis-pour-leur-participation-au-complot-qui-a-abouti-a-l-assassinat-du-president-haitien-jovenel-moise_6687337_3210.html Author: Publish date: 2026-05-…
Four men were convicted this Friday by a federal jury in Miami for their role in the plot that in July 2021 led to the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, a crime that precipitated the Caribbean country into a spiral of violence, institutional vacuum and territorial domination of armed gangs that persists to this day. Verdicts fell on Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Tientimilla and James Solages, who could spend the rest o…
Nine people have already been convicted in the United States of the assassination perpetrated in Haiti by a group of mercenaries, including 17 Colombian ex-military personnel.
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