"They wanted to seize power and get rich. So arrogant and confident in themselves, the evidence will show, and thinking so little of the Republic of Haiti and its people, they actually thought they could pull it off."
"Moise was killed on 7 July 2021, when about two dozen foreign mercenaries mostly from Colombia attacked his home near Port-au-Prince, officials said. According to court documents, South Florida was a central location for planning and financing the plot to oust Moise and replace him with someone of the conspirators' choosing."
"Defense attorneys argued that the investigation initiated in Haiti was a mess and that their clients were manipulated into taking the blame for an internal coup. Once you get off on the wrong foot, everything that comes after is hard to trust."
Four defendants—Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla, and James Solages—stand trial in Miami for conspiring to kidnap or kill Haiti's former president Jovenel Moise, who was assassinated on July 7, 2021. Prosecutors argue the men were driven by greed and arrogance, seeking to seize power and enrich themselves. The assassination triggered severe instability in Haiti, empowering gang violence. South Florida served as the central location for planning and financing the plot. Ortiz and Intriago led security companies, while Veintemilla headed a lending firm, all based in South Florida. Defense attorneys contend the Haitian investigation was flawed and their clients were manipulated into accepting blame for an internal coup. The three men face possible life sentences and have pleaded not guilty.
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