US Charges 2nd Key Suspect in Killing of Haiti’s President

US Charges 2nd Key Suspect in Killing of Haiti’s President
A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead in early July, during his funeral at his family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on July 23, 2021. Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters
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MIAMI—A Haitian-Chilean businessman considered a key suspect in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse appeared in U.S. federal court on Thursday and was accused of providing weapons to former Colombian soldiers charged with fatally shooting the Caribbean country’s leader.

Rodolphe Jaar, a former U.S. government informant who was recently detained in the Dominican Republic, was charged with conspiring to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States and providing material support resulting in death, knowing or intending that such material support would be used to prepare for or carry out the conspiracy to kill or kidnap.