Four Men Found Guilty of Haiti President’s Assassination
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal jury in Miami found four South Florida men guilty of plotting to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse five years ago after an eight-week trial.
- The defendants were connected to a Miami-based security firm, Counter Terrorism Unit Federal Academy, which claimed they believed they were acting under a legitimate Haitian court order to overthrow, not kill, Moïse.
- The hired team consisted of over two dozen Colombian former soldiers, and the defendants stated that Moïse was already dead when the mercenaries arrived.
- Moïse, aged 53, was assassinated in his bedroom in the early hours of July 7, 2021, but questions remain about who actually ordered the hit.
