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Haiti Extradites 18 Suspects to United States in 2021 Assassination of President Jovenel Moïse
Just the facts
Eighteen individuals detained in connection with the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were extradited from Port-au-Prince to the United States to face federal conspiracy charges in Florida. Jason Reding Quiñones, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, confirmed that the extraditions represent an expanded phase of an investigation that has indicted 30 individuals to date. The group transferred to federal custody includes more than a dozen former Colombian soldiers and Joseph Badio, a former Haitian Ministry of Justice anti-corruption official arrested in October 2023. U.S. federal courts have already secured convictions and life sentences for several co-conspirators, including Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, and Walter Veintemilla, while key Haitian security officials remain fugitives.
Why this is news
Following years of judicial delays and gang unrest in Port-au-Prince, Haitian authorities transferred 18 detainees on September 20, 2026, to federal custody in the United States. The suspects face prosecution in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged roles in the July 2021 presidential assassination.
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