Show Notes
On July 7, 2021, Haitian President Jovenel Moise was killed at his private home near Port-au-Prince. A plot to kidnap or kill him was hatched in Haiti and in South Florida, and the United States charged eleven people in federal court in Miami. Several have pleaded guilty, and several have been sentenced to life in prison. This episode tells what the record shows, by person and date, and what has still not been established. Sources: Associated Press and Stars and Stripes reporting on the Miami cases, the Haitian Times, CBS News Miami and Free Malaysia Today wire reports. Legal status is stated by person and date. The Haitian investigation is not covered here because I could not read its record.
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