Suspects in 2021 killing of Haitian president flown to US to face trial

A military plane whisked 18 suspects in the 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise out of Haiti and flew them to the United States on Sunday, according to Jason Reding Quiñones, the US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.



"Today marks the next major phase in our pursuit of accountability for the assassination," Quiñones said in a statement posted on social media.



The 53-year-old president was shot dead in July 2021 at his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince, a killing that left a gaping political vacuum in the Caribbean nation and emboldened powerful armed groups in the country.



The killing has prompted multiple investigations and indictments in Haiti and the United States.