18 suspects in 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse extradited to US

Eighteen suspects in the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were extradited to the United States on September 20, 2026, to face trial in Florida. The suspects, including more than a dozen Colombian soldiers, were flown out on a military plane. U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones announced that 30 people have been indicted in the case. While U.S. officials frame the transfer as a major step toward accountability, Haitian human rights activist Pierre Espérance criticized the move as a disgrace that highlights the collapse of Haiti's domestic judicial system.

Moïse assassination extradition to US

• ▪A military plane transported the 18 suspects in the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse out of Haiti on September 20, 2026, according to Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
• ▪Eighteen suspects arrested in the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were flown from Haiti to the United States on September 20, 2026, to face trial in Florida

Thirty total indictments issued

• ▪FBI Special Agent in Charge Brett Skiles noted that multiple arrests related to the Jovenel Moïse assassination case were made in the United States and abroad on September 20, 2026
• ▪U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones stated on September 20, 2026, that 30 people have been indicted in connection with the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse

US prosecution accountability pursuit

• ▪U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones characterized the September 20, 2026 extradition as the next major phase in pursuing accountability for the July 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moïse
• ▪In May 2026, a Florida federal jury convicted Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla, and James Solages of conspiring to kill or kidnap Jovenel Moïse
• ▪At least five other suspects in the Jovenel Moïse assassination case have pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court and are currently serving life sentences

Haiti judicial process conclusion

• ▪Haitian human rights activist Pierre Espérance called the transfer of the 18 suspects to the United States a disgrace for the Haitian justice system
• ▪Haitian judicial investigations into the Jovenel Moïse assassination were repeatedly stalled by gang violence, death threats, and judges resigning from the case in fear for their lives
• ▪In October 2025, Haitian justice officials requested assistance from the United States and Canada after a local appeals court ordered a third inquiry into the July 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moïse