Although Moise was unpopular and accused of authoritarian excesses, his murder shocked the entire Haitian population and many unanswered questions remain.
Haitian-Chilean Rodolphe Jaar, accused in the United States of participating in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, confessed that he provided arms and ammunition to Colombians and tried to help them hide in embassies of other countries after the assassination perpetrated last July, it was reported on Friday.
Jaar, 49, arrested since Wednesday in Miami, will have a detention hearing next Wednesday, January 26 and another in which the charges will be formally read to him on February 3.
The Haitian-Chilean, who appeared Thursday for a first court hearing before Judge Lauren Fleischer Louis, invoked the right to remain silent, according to court documents.
However, according to the indictment, Jaar confessed that he participated in the assassination in a “voluntary statement” on December 9.
Details of the assassination of Jovenel Moise in Haiti in the voice of four mercenaries, reported on the Colombian channel
“Jaar admitted that he provided firearms and ammunition to Colombians to support the assassination operation,” the document details. “He admitted to having tried to help co-conspirator number 1 and the Colombians, directing them to hide them in the embassy of another country in Haiti,” it adds.
According to the indictment, Jaar said the operation changed from one of arrest to one of assassination after the initial plan to “capture” the president at the airport and fly him away fell through.
Jaar faces charges of “conspiring to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States and providing material support resulting in death.”
He was arrested in the Dominican Republic and agreed to travel to the United States, detailed the Prosecutor’s Office. If convicted, Jaar faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. (I)
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