PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Violence erupted in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite early Sunday morning as a powerful…
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A man who is wanted in Colombia and Ecuador for the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villav…
FILE - Former first lady of Haiti, Martine Moise, speaks, accompanied by her children, at the funeral of her slain husband, former President Jovenel Moise, on July 23, 2021, in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
MIAMI (AP) — Greed, arrogance and power were the driving forces behind four men charged in the U.S. for the 2021 assassination of Haitian Pres…
Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of five men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla, Christian Sanon and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti’s former leader, plus related charges. They face possible life sentences. They have all pleaded not guilty. The trial was previously set for last year, but U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Becerra in Miami agreed to delay to Monday because of discovery challenges and the volume of evidence. Officials say Moïse was killed on July 7, 2021, when about two dozen foreign mercenaries, mostly from Colombia, attacked his home near Port-au-Prince.
A Pakistani business owner who tried to hire hit men to kill a U.S. politician has been convicted in a trial that showcased allegations of Iran-backed plotting on American soil. A jury delivered its verdict against Asif Merchant on Friday. Merchant acknowledged in a U.S. court that he sought to put an assassination in motion during the 2024 presidential campaign. He testified that he was acting on instructions from a contact in the Islamic Republic’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. Merchant said the handler broached possible targets including then-candidate Donald Trump, then-President Joe Biden and Nikki Haley, the former U.N. ambassador and presidential hopeful. The Iranian government has denied trying to kill U.S. officials.
FILE - Artists paint a portrait of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise near the presidencial residence where he was assassinated two years ago in the Petion-ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teemager who killed his parents and stole their money to fund his plan to kill President Donald Trump with a…
The allegation sounded like the stuff of spy movies: A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill…
A criminal trial in New York is airing claims that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was entangled in a foiled 2024 assassination plot that eyed then-candidate Donald Trump as a possible target. The allegations emerged in Asif Merchant's attempted terrorism trial on Tuesday, as the Iran war looms in the background. The Pakistani national has pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to hire hit men to kill a U.S. politician. Prosecutors say he searched online for Trump rally locations. An FBI agent testified that Merchant told her he had a Revolutionary Guard “handler” and believed the handler would bankroll the plan. Merchant’s lawyer suggested the purported statements might not be accurate.