Haitian Businessman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Role in Assassination of Haiti's President

Rodolphe Jaar, a Haitian-Chilean businessman, pleaded guilty to helping Colombian mercenaries obtain weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.
Jaar is the first of 11 people charged in the U.S. to be convicted for the assassination plot.
The conspirators initially planned to kidnap Moïse but later decided to kill him instead.
Prosecutors alleged the plot was part of a broader conspiracy by political, business, and military figures from Haiti, Colombia, and the U.S. to take control of Haiti.
Moïse’s assassination plunged Haiti into further turmoil and violence.