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18 suspects accused in the July 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to US

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Coto, D., & Sanon, E. (2026, September 20). 18 suspects accused in the July 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to US. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/americas/18-suspects-accused-in-the-july-2021-killing-of-haiti-s-president-being-extradited-from-haiti-to-us/article_902c0969-a9f0-5007-ba7d-2b618dad8143.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-20 · by Dánica Coto, Evens Sanon

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Eighteen suspects arrested in connection with the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are being prepared for extradition from Haiti to the United States, where they will face trial in Florida. U.S. Attorney Reding Quiñones confirmed that the suspects will be tried in Florida, marking a significant development in the case after a lengthy judicial process in Haiti.
Written by AI on 2026-09-21, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On September 20, 18 suspects accused of involvement in the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were flown out of Haiti and into the United States on a military plane. This move follows a nine-week trial in Miami where four South Florida men were convicted for plotting to hire mercenaries to kill Moïse at his Port-au-Prince home. The suspects will face trial in Florida, according to U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones, who noted that 30 people have been indicted so far for their roles in the assassination. The killing, which shocked Haiti and left a political vacuum, involved hiring over two dozen former Colombian soldiers with money, weapons, and tactical vests.

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“Article A reports on the extradition process of suspects being prepared, while Article B describes the actual extradition taking place.”
Euronews
Hedges 3 of 20 claims Outlet record 60/100
“Article A describes suspects awaiting extradition from Haiti, while Article B reports on their arrival to stand trial in Florida, indicating different stages of a process.”
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2
sentences that state something as happening or true
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1 of 2 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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64/100
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Toronto Star · 11028 article(s) · 28 correction(s) detected
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Who wrote this

Dánica Coto
8 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 “We have very bad news for…Haiti’s team,” Dominican Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz said Friday as he announced that Haiti would no longer be allowed to play in the Dominican Republic.
🔮 Two of Puerto Rico’s biggest newspapers announced Monday that they will end their print editions in upcoming days and pivot to digital only, joining a worldwide trend.
🔮 Mayor Michel Saint-Croix told Human Rights Watch that the city’s population has tripled to more than 1 million in the past two years as it receives deportees and Haitians fleeing violence elsewhere in the country.
🔮 The suspects will face trial in Florida, according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Reding Quiñones.
🔮 Strengthening security could have limited killings
Also by Dánica Coto
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Evens Sanon
1 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 The suspects will face trial in Florida, according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Reding Quiñones.
The only article under this byline in the corpus.

Topics

Florida Haiti Haitian PORT-AU-PRINCE U.S.

Subjects

Haiti GPE · 2× U.S. GPE · 2× Florida GPE · 1× Haitian NORP · 1× Jovenel Moïse PERSON · 1× PORT-AU-PRINCE GPE · 1× Reding Quiñones PERSON · 1× the Southern District of Florida GPE · 1×

Narrative

Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were awaiting extradition to the U.S. on Sunday, marking the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that shocked the troubled Caribbean country.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-21
🔮 The suspects will face trial in Florida, according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Reding Quiñones.

Claims (2 extracted, 1 hedged)

Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were awaiting extradition to the U.S. on Sunday, marking the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that shocked the troubled Caribbean country. asserted
that → arrest → country
The suspects will face trial in Florida, according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Reding Quiñones. uncertain
suspects → face → Quiñones
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