Retired Colombian Army officer sentenced for the murder of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse.
A federal judge in Miami has sentenced retired Colombian army officer Germán Alejandro Rivera García to life in prison for his involvement in a plot to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse.
Moise, the 43rd president of Haiti, served from 2012 until his assassination on July 7, 2021.
Rivera, also known as “Colonel Mike,” pleaded guilty in September to conspiring and supporting the assassination plot.
The conspiracy, described by U.S. prosecutors as a joint effort between Haiti and Florida, aimed to hire mercenaries to kidnap or assassinate President Moïse.
Rivera was part of a convoy headed to Moïse’s residence on the day of the killing, where he relayed information that the plan had changed from kidnapping to killing the president.
Rivera’s sentencing follows the life imprisonment of Haitian-Chilean businessman Rodolphe Jaar in June for his role in Moïse’s assassination.
Former Haitian senator John Joel Joseph is scheduled to be sentenced in December, while eight more defendants await trial in the United States next year.