A federal judge in Miami sentences a retired Colombian army officer to life in prison for his role in plotting to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation. Germán Alejandro Rivera García, 45, is the second of 11 suspects detained and charged in Miami to be sentenced in what U.S.
MIAMI — A federal judge in Miami on Friday sentenced a retired Colombian army officer to life in prison for his role in plotting toGermán Alejandro Rivera García, 45, is the second of 11 suspects detained and charged in Miami to be sentenced in what U.S. prosecutors have described as a conspiracy hatched in both Haiti and Florida to hire mercenaries to kidnap or kill Moïse, who was slain at his private home near the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince on July 7, 2021.
Rivera had faced up to life imprisonment and hoped to received a lighter sentence after signing a cooperation agreement with U.S. authorities.Haitian gang leader charged with ordering kidnapping of US couple that left woman deadRodolphe Jaar was sentenced to life in prison Rivera entered the hearing wearing a prisoner’s beige shirt and pants. He was handcuffed and had shackles on his ankles as he listened to the judge’s ruling seated next to his attorney.
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