A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen was convicted based on criminal charges related to his involvement in the assassination of the former President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, on 7 July 2021.
51-year old Chilean-Haitian businessman Rodolphe Jaar was convicted to life in prison for his role in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Jaar had been charged in the United States in January 2022 in the same Miami court, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He is sentenced for his role in helping Colombian mercenaries get weapons to murder the Haitian President Moise.
Jaar is the first person to be convicted and sentenced for the murder of Moise. US prosecutors say behind the murder was a plot by conspirators in Haiti and Florida to reap lucrative contracts under a new administration once Moise was out of the way. An additional 10 defendants are awaiting trial in the United States.
Federal judge José E. Martínez of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida handed down the sentence at a 10-minute hearing at the federal court in downtown Miami. Jaar received the maximum sentence despite pleading guilty and pledging to cooperate with investigators in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence. Jaar had pleaded guilty in March 2023 to conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside of the United States and to providing material support resulting in death.
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5 June 2023