A federal judge in Miami on Friday sentenced 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...
MIAMI — A federal judge in Miami on Friday sentenced 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.
Rivera, also known as “Colonel Mike," had pleaded guilty in September to conspiring and supporting a plot to kill the Haitian president. According to court documents, he was part of a convoy headed to Moïse's residence the day of the killing, after he relayed information that the plan was not to kidnap the president but rather kill him.
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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