00:0018 suspects accused of involvement in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
00:07have been extradited to the United States. He was shot dead at his home in the capital Port-au-Prince
00:13in July of that year, allegedly by a group of mainly Colombian mercenaries. The men will be
00:19tried in a federal court in Florida. U.S. authorities allege the state served as a central
00:24location for planning and financing the plot to oust the Haitian president and replacing with
00:28the summoner of the conspirators' choosing. On Monday, more than a dozen people appeared in a
00:33federal court in Miami on charges related to the assassination, including key suspect Joseph
00:38Bardieu. The former Haitian Ministry of Justice employee was arrested in October 2023 after
00:44being on the run for more than two years. Defense attorneys in the U.S. for other suspects have
00:50asserted that Bardieu was the mastermind behind the plan to assassinate Moïse. At least nine people so
00:57far have been convicted at trial or through guilty pleas.
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