(Miami) A Haitian national suspected of being involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July was imprisoned on Wednesday in Miami after his extradition from the Dominican Republic, a source from the US Department of Justice told AFP.
Posted at 6:56 p.m.
Rodolphe Jaar will be the second person to be tried in the United States for the death of Jovenel Moïse, after retired Colombian soldier Mario Palacios, who was indicted on January 4 in Miami for his alleged involvement in the assassination.
After Rodolphe Jaar fled from Haiti, Dominican police arrested him on January 7, just six months after a commando raided the Haitian president’s private residence in Port-au-Prince and shot him dead. .
He will first appear before a judge Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in a Miami court, the Justice Department source said.
According to the newspaper Miami Herald, the suspect is a Haitian businessman who served a sentence for trafficking cocaine in the United States ten years ago.
Last Friday, Jamaican authorities arrested former Haitian Senator John Joel Joseph, who was wanted by Haitian police in connection with the investigation into the murder of President Moïse.
More than 40 people, including 15 Colombians and Haitian-Americans, have been arrested in connection with this investigation. However, many questions remain about the motives for this murder, which has plunged Haiti, a country plagued by poverty, insecurity and corruption, into even greater uncertainty.