(Reuters) - A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen pleaded guilty in a U.S. court yesterday to three charges involving his role in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, gunned down in his home in 2021.

According to court documents, Rodolphe Jaar is one of 11 defendants in the case, which includes businessmen accused of helping obtain vehicles and firearms from Florida and former Colombian soldiers accused of killing Moise in his bedroom.

According to a plea statement Jaar signed on Friday, he provided personnel and funds to kidnap Moise, but the initial plan later turned into a murder plot. Some of the funds were used to buy weapons and pay bribes to the some of the president's security detail, the statement said.

Jaar met with the co-conspirators the night before the assassination, according to the statement, at which time HaitianAmerican James Solages stated the aim was to kill Moise.

The court document added that Jaar also met other defendants, including former Haitian Senator Joseph Joel John, Haitian-American Joseph Vincent, Colombian ex-military officer German Rivera and Antonio Intriago, the Venezuelan owner of a Miami-based private security firm.