As stated by Florida court documents, a dual citizen of Haiti and Chile who pleaded guilty to federal crimes relating to his participation in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise was given a life term in prison.
Rodolphe Jaar received the punishment on Friday in Miami after a 10-minute hearing before Judge Jose E. Martinez. Each of the three crimes carries a life sentence that must be served concurrently.
According to the plea bargain, Jaar pleaded guilty to three counts in March, including conspiring to commit murder or kidnapping outside of the United States and giving material support that caused death.
Moise, 53, was killed in his bedroom in Haiti on July 7, 2021.
Martinez recommended that Jaar be designated to a federal facility in or near South Florida given his background and the offenses, according to the court docket.
In exchange for the guilty plea, Jaar had agreed to be sentenced by a judge, provide truthful testimony, produce documents and records, and appear before a grand jury and at other legal proceedings when called upon by federal prosecutors.
CNN has reached out to Jaar’s attorney, Frank Schwartz, for comment.
Jaar was one of several suspects who were at large in the months after Moise’s assassination. He was arrested in the Dominican Republic and extradited to the United States in January 2022.
Authorities have said that dozens of people were involved in the assassination, including 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans. Colombian suspect Mario Palacios also was extradited to the US in 2022.
Jaar provided funds used to acquire weapons, provided food and lodging to other co-conspirators, and provided funding to bribe Haitian officials responsible for Moise’s security, according to the plea agreement.