Haitian-Chilean businessman Rodolphe Jaar has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the assassination of the country’s president Jovenel Moise, one of the main triggers in 2021 for the current and enormous political and security crisis that one of the most dangerous countries is experiencing. poor of the world
Jaar was accused of the crime of conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States and of providing logistical support to a group of Colombian mercenaries who shot Moise to death.
Federal judge José E. Martínez handed down a life sentence to Jaar for each of the three charges against him, according to the documents to which Efe had access.
“The court will recommend that the defendant be admitted to a federal facility located in South Florida or as close as possible based on his record and crimes for which he is convicted,” says the minutes of the proceedings carried out at the sentencing hearing. .
According to an 11-page court document, Jaar provided money for weapons, food and lodging used by the commando.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, approximately 20 Colombian citizens and as many Haitians, including Jaar, participated in a plot to kidnap and kill the Haitian president.
The documents of the case show that Jaar admitted at the time in a “voluntary” statement to have provided firearms and ammunition to the Colombians allegedly involved in an operation that, according to his testimony, had as its initial objective to capture and imprison the president, not assassinate him.
Jaar was arrested in the Dominican Republic in January 2022 and voluntarily traveled to the United States.
The Haitian-Chilean, who was an informant for the US government and had been convicted of drug trafficking a decade ago, is one of 11 people arrested and charged in the United States for the murder of Moïse, and the only one who has pleaded guilty to date. the moment. The other 10 arrested are awaiting trial by jury.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
