18 suspects accused in the 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to U.S.
U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones did not identify the suspects, but those who remain in Haiti awaiting trial include more than a dozen Colombian soldiers, a former Haitian police officer and a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee.
Eighteen suspects arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are being extradited from Haiti to the US. They will face trial in Florida, according to US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Reding Quiñones.
The suspects include more than a dozen Colombian soldiers, a former Haitian police officer, and a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee, as per reports from PBS NewsHour and CBS News. According to CBS News and CityNews, Quiñones stated that 30 people have been indicted in Moïse's killing, with multiple arrests made in the US and abroad.
The extradition marks the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for the killing that shocked the Caribbean country. The US Attorney emphasized that the pursuit of accountability for the assassination of President Moïse will continue, with the goal of holding all individuals who allegedly sought profit from the assassination fully accountable.
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