Author: Jay Weaver
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Trial date for last defendants in Haiti assassination case likely to be delayed for months
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A historic Miami trial spotlighting the assassination of Haiti’s president will likely be held months after its scheduled date in May for the remaining five defendants who have not reached plea deals with federal prosecutors. On Tuesday, prosecutors told a federal judge that they’re willing to delay the trial until October. But defense attorneys said…
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Former Venezuelan military official pleads guilty to bribery, paying himself millions
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MIAMI — From his home in Fort Lauderdale, a former Venezuelan military officer directed a complex scheme to borrow millions of dollars from Venezuela’s banks for financing food imports to the starving country. It was all a fraud, Nepmar Jesus Escalona Enriquez admitted Monday in Miami federal court. In reality, he orchestrated the transfers of…
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Feds charge Haitian American pastor in conspiracy to kidnap, kill Haiti President Moïse
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MIAMI — Christian Emmanuel Sanon, the Haitian American pastor who hired former Colombian soldiers to protect him in Haiti while he aspired to replace President Jovenel Moïse, is now being charged with conspiring to kidnap and assassinate Haiti’s leader, according to a revised indictment filed Wednesday in Miami federal court. Sanon, 65, was previously charged…
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US seizes Boeing jet in Miami that was sold by sanctioned Iranian airline to Venezuela
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MIAMI — The U.S. government on Monday took possession of a Boeing cargo plane in the Miami area that had been sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a Venezuelan company in violation of federal export control laws, according to the Justice Department. The 747-300M cargo plane, flown from Argentina to Miami early in the…
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Rare post-trial problem with jurors throws guilty verdicts of ex-premier into question
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MIAMI — Minutes after 12 Miami federal jurors agreed to convict a former British Virgin Islands premier of a drug-trafficking conspiracy, two of them contacted the judge to tell her they really didn’t share the views of the other panelists and changed their minds about the defendant’s guilt. But it was too late. U.S. District…
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US and Haiti investigations into Jovenel Moïse assassination offer stark differences
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U.S. and Haitian authorities agree that a pastor’s ambition to rule Haiti three years ago led to the shocking assassination of the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse. But the two nations’ investigations diverge on whether Haitian-American minister Christian Emmanuel Sanon played a leading or supporting role in the slaying. Sanon, arrested in Haiti after Moïse’s death…