Haiti extradites 18 suspects in assassination of president to US

Share Save Add as preferred on Google Will Grant , BBC's Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent and Chris Graham AFP via Getty Images Haiti has been engulfed in a wave of gang violence since the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise Eighteen people have been flown from Haiti to the US state of Florida to stand trial for their alleged involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise five years ago.

Moise was shot dead at his home in the capital, Port-au-Prince, in July 2021, allegedly by a group of mainly Colombian mercenaries.

Previous Haitian investigations into the assassination have stalled due to widespread gang control and lawlessness in the country.

The extradition was "the next major phase in our pursuit of accountability" over the presidential assassination, US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jason Reding Quiñones, said in a post on X.