Haiti Extradites Suspects in 2021 President's Assassination
Is this the only real path to justice or actually a foreign lever over Haiti's politics?
Above: A ceremony in honor of late Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince on July 20, 2021. Image credit: Valerie Baeriswyl/AFP/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Handing these suspects over to U.S. prosecutors is the only realistic path to justice. Five years on, the case in Haiti remains stuck, with judges quitting, clerks threatened and no trial date in sight, while Miami has already secured indictments and guilty pleas. Evidence gathered there can feed the Haitian file and deliver justice for Moise and his family.
Establishment-critical narrative
Shipping these suspects to Florida hands Washington a permanent lever over Haiti's entire political class. Every new indictment lands like a threat hanging over officials right as a long-delayed electoral process is unfolding, shaping who dares to run and who stays quiet. There's no accountability if a foreign prosecutor is controlling justice to their own ends.
