{"id":519703,"date":"2026-08-05T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/haitian-ex-police-officer-pleads-guilty-in-the-us-to-trafficking-at-least-140-weapons-to-haiti\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:45:10","slug":"haitian-ex-police-officer-pleads-guilty-in-the-us-to-trafficking-at-least-140-weapons-to-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/haitian-ex-police-officer-pleads-guilty-in-the-us-to-trafficking-at-least-140-weapons-to-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Haitian ex-police officer pleads guilty in the US to trafficking at least 140 weapons to Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Miami (USA).- <\/strong>A former <strong>Haitian National Police<\/strong> officer pleaded guilty this Wednesday to the illegal trafficking of at least 140 firearms to his country, hidden inside industrial air compressors, reported the <strong>Department of Justice (DOJ).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal court in <strong>Washington<\/strong> accepted the guilty plea of Jean Robert Casimir, 53, a naturalized U.S. citizen, on charges of conspiracy, smuggling, and violating U.S. export control law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You might be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/tag\/al-menos-78-muertos-en-haiti-debido-a-enfrentamientos-entre-pandillas-criminales\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"52944\">At least 78 dead in Haiti due to clashes between criminal gangs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office charged Casimir, who lived in South Florida, with taking the weapons out of the country between August 2020 and December 2024 without the export license required by the Department of Commerce&#8217;s Bureau of Industry and Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the indictment, Casimir and his accomplices hid disassembled rifles, shotguns, and pistols in industrial air compressors, which they would open and weld shut again before shipping them on vessels departing from the Miami area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casimir, whose sentence is yet to be determined, was arrested in South Florida in December 2024 and charged in January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Florida, a state permit is not required to purchase or own a handgun or rifle, according to the National Rifle Association (NRA); furthermore, Florida is the second state with the most federally registered firearms, nearly 631,000, according to ATF data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami (USA).- A former Haitian National Police officer pleaded guilty this Wednesday to the illegal trafficking of at least 140 firearms to his country, hidden inside industrial air compressors, reported the Department of Justice (DOJ). 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