MIAMI — Rodolphe Jaar, a businessman and former drug trafficker with dual Haitian and Chilean citizenship, pled guilty Friday to conspiring and providing support to kidnap or kill Haitian President Jovenel Moise in a plea deal with prosecutors. He’s the first to admit guilt among the numerous suspects in U.S. law enforcement custody for their alleged roles in the high profile murder that captivated the world in July 2021.
According to the Mar. 24 proffer statement , his involvement began in May 2021 when he started supplying funds to buy the weapons used in the assassination. Some of the money went into bribing Haitian officials responsible for Moise’s security so operatives could gain access to him. Jaar also provided food and lodging to co-conspirators.
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