Former Haitian senator pleads guilty in Miami to conspiring in presidential assassination
Source: Miami Herald
Former Haitian senator pleads guilty in Miami to conspiring in presidential assassination
Jay Weaver
Tue, October 10, 2023 at 2:08 PM EDT·4 min read
A former Haitian senator pleaded guilty Tuesday in Miami federal court to conspiring with others in Haiti and South Florida to kill his country’s president, including attending a key meeting with Colombian commandos on July 6, 2021 — the day before authorities say they assassinated Jovenel Moïse.
The former senator, Joseph Joel John, who had been detained in Jamaica before being brought to Miami last year, acknowledged to FBI agents that he had met with some co-conspirators just before they “embarked on the mission to kill President Moïse” at his suburban home outside Port-au-Prince, according to court records.
John, 52, also admitted that he helped obtain vehicles and tried to get firearms for the co-conspirators’ operation targeting Haiti’s leader, a criminal affidavit says. Joseph’s goal was to become the prime minister under Moïse’s successor following the leader’s removal from office.
As part of his plea agreement, John pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to kill Haiti’s president, providing that support, and conspiring to kill or kidnap a person outside the United States. John is the third defendant out of 11 charged in the Haiti assassination case with either conspiring to assassinate Moïse or with playing a supporting role in an FBI-led case prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Florida.
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