(MENAFN) Four people were detained and charged by US federal investigators in Florida for alleged roles in the plot that resulted in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021, according to officials on Tuesday.
The assassination of Moise created a political void in the Caribbean country and gave strong gangs more room to operate as the de facto government in many areas of Port-au-Prince, the nation's metropolis.
According to the Justice Department, a South Florida grand jury has now charged eleven people with the murder and placed them in US custody.
US authorities said in a briefing that three of the new defendants — Walter Veintemilla, the head of Miramar-based Worldwide Capital Lending Group; Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, the owner of the affiliated CTU Federal Academy LLC; and Antonio "Tony" Intriago, the owner of Counter Terrorist Unit Security, or CTU — are accused of aiding a plot to kidnap or kill the president of Haiti.
Officials stated that Frederick Bergmann, the fourth suspect, is charged with planning to smuggle bulletproof vests for the claimed former Colombian troops who shot Moise to death.
Their focus is on the equipment utilized in the fatal scheme, including the firearms, ballistic vests, and funding.
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