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Trial Begins in Miami for Alleged Assassins of Haitian President

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Trial Begins in Miami for Alleged Assassins of Haitian President
Above: U.S. prosecutors discuss the Jovenel Moïsen assassination case in Miami, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2023. Image credit: Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Getty Images

The Spin

The assassination of Haiti's president was a calculated conspiracy driven by greed and arrogance, orchestrated by a Miami security firm seeking lucrative contracts through violent regime change. Evidence shows defendants communicated in coded messages, wore fake U.S. military uniforms and methodically planned the murder for months. The widow's testimony and guilty pleas from five conspirators prove this was a straightforward criminal plot to seize power and enrich themselves.

TheThere realare mastermindstoo behindmany holes in the assassinationofficial narrative to believe these men were the masterminds. The more likely culprits were powerful Haitian political figures within Haiti's government with fullsupport backing from U.S. intelligence agencies. Phone records link the current prime minister to the chief suspect, while a key plotter confirmed American officials green-lightedgreenlit the operation. Multiple conspirators werehave also been shown to have been FBI and DEA informants, and U.S. agents met with plotters months before the killing yet failed to stop it.


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