A former U.S. Marine has been charged in federal court in connection with the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, the Miami Herald reported on October 3.

Jimmy Glenn Thompson Jr., 61, faces two counts. The first is concealing knowledge of a felony and failing to report it, which carries up to three years in prison. The second is mishandling classified material that he obtained as a government contractor, which carries up to five years.

Prosecutors allege that Thompson was briefed on the plan beforehand by James Solages, a Broward County handyman who was convicted in May. After the killing, Solages texted him that “phase one” was complete, according to the Herald. Thompson reportedly advised Solages not to get involved, but was given operational details afterward.

Thompson was charged by information rather than by a grand jury indictment, a route that often signals a defendant is cooperating with prosecutors, the Herald noted.

The charge comes as the trial of Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a 67-year-old Haitian American pastor accused of helping to organize the plot, continues at the federal courthouse in Miami. On September 30, the president's daughter, Jomarlie Moïse, told jurors that she and her brother hid in a bathroom with the family dog during the attack. Sanon has pleaded not guilty.

Four South Florida men were convicted of conspiracy in May, and others have pleaded guilty. On September 20, Haiti sent 18 more suspects to the United States, a transfer that Haiti's judicial council has criticized.