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Haitian Businessman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Role in Haitian President Jovenel Moïse's Assassination

Headline from NBC 6 South Florida

A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his role in helping Colombian mercenaries get weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.

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  1. The Guardian

    Mastermind of assassination of Haiti president sentenced to life by US court (opens The Guardian)

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    Rodolphe Jaar, a Haitian-Chilean businessman, conspired with Colombian mercenaries, to kill Jovenel Moïse in 2021

  2. MyNorthwest

    Haitian businessman gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his role in helping a group of Colombian

  3. Seattle Times

    US judge sends Haitian businessman to imprisonment for life for Haiti’s President assassination (opens Seattle Times)

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    A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman to life in prison for his role in helping a group of Colombian mercenaries obtain weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.

  4. New York Times

    Haitian Businessman Gets Life Sentence in Assassination of Haiti’s President (opens New York Times)

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    Despite cooperating with prosecutors, Rodolphe Jaar was given the maximum term by a judge in Miami, the first sentence handed down in what the authorities say was a sprawling plot.

  5. Wall Street Journal

    Former Drug Smuggler Gets Life Sentence in Assassination of Haitian President (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Rodolphe Jaar pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kill President Jovenel Moïse, who was assassinated in the early hours of July 7, 2021.

  6. Washington Times

    Haitian businessman gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moise, Haiti’s president (opens Washington Times)

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    A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his role in helping Colombian mercenaries get weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021.

  7. NBC 6 South Florida

    Haitian Businessman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Role in Haitian President Jovenel Moïse's Assassination (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his role in helping Colombian mercenaries get weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.

  8. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Haitian gets life for role in assassination (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    MIAMI -- A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his role in helping Colombian mercenaries get weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021.

  9. CNN

    Haitian-Chilean citizen sentenced to life in prison for assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise (opens CNN)

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    A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen who pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise has been sentenced to life in prison, Florida court records show.

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