Eighteen suspects extradited to US over Haitian president’s 2021 killing

Federal court in Florida to try men accused of orchestrating the transnational plot to kill Jovenel Moise from US soil.By Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 20 Sep 202620 Sep 2026Eighteen suspects facing federal charges for the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise have been flown to the United States.A military flight on Sunday transported the suspects from the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, to the US state of Florida, where the defendants are set to stand trial for their alleged involvement in the transnational plot to kill the former leader.The major development comes after federal prosecutors in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida successfully secured convictions in May against what they called “gang leaders” and “co-conspirators” implicated in the scheme to kill Moise.The high-profile investigation is being directed by US Attorney Jason A Reding Quinones, an appointee of US President Donald Trump.“Today marks the next major phase in our pursuit of accountability for the assassination of President Jovenel Moise,” Quinones wrote on social media. “We will follow the evidence wherever it leads, to those who financed it, facilit...