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

ABC News - International and Washington Examiner - News describe the same event in different terms.

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Same story. Different framing. Left, center, and right outlets are covering the same event. Here’s how each side worded it.

DIFFERENT SPIN

HOW EACH SIDE WORDED IT

Left-leaningCenter-leftMore than a dozen arrested in connection with 2021 assassination of Haitian presidentGuardian WorldHigh
Right-leaningCenter-right18 suspects in Haitian president’s 2021 killing to be extradited to USWashington Examiner - NewsMostly Factual
Center baseline · WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami)High18 suspects accused in the July 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to US

As of September 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened 18 suspects accused in the July 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to US.
The headline split The left frames it as "More than a dozen arrested in connection with 2021 assassination of Haitian president". The right frames it as "18 suspects in Haitian president’s 2021 killing to be extradited to US".
Match confidence High confidence. 9 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh

9 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.

Framing confidenceModerate

57/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftMore than a dozen arrested in connection with 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Guardian World · Center-left · News report

Center18 suspects accused in the July 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to US

WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) · Center · News report

Right / center-right18 suspects in Haitian president’s 2021 killing to be extradited to US

Washington Examiner - News · Center-right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

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Washington Examiner - NewsNews report · Sep 20, 9:20 PM

18 suspects in Haitian president’s 2021 killing to be extradited to US

Eighteen suspects in Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s 2021 assassination are set to be extradited to the United States. Jason Reding Quiñones, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Fl...

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WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami)News report · Sep 20, 8:55 PM

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

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were being extradited to the U.S. on Sunday, marking the end of...

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CenterMostly Factual
Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · Sep 20, 8:31 PM

Eighteen suspects extradited to US over Haitian president’s 2021 killing

Federal court in Florida to try men accused of orchestrating the transnational plot to kill Jovenel Moise from US soil.

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Guardian WorldNews report · Sep 20, 8:17 PM

More than a dozen arrested in connection with 2021 assassination of Haitian president

Jovenel Moïse, 53, was shot dead in July 2021 in a killing which sparked chaos in Haiti Eighteen people have been arrested in association with the 2021 assassination of the Haitian presiden...

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Vanguard (Nigeria)News report · Sep 20, 7:44 PM

US arrests 18 suspects in killing of Haitian president

Eighteen suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise have been transported to Florida to stand trial, US officials said Sunday.

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PBS NewsHourNews report · Sep 20, 7:38 PM

18 suspects accused in the 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to U.S.

The suspects who remain in Haiti awaiting trial included more than a dozen Colombian soldiers, a former Haitian police officer and Joseph Badio, a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee...

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CBS NewsNews report · Sep 20, 7:33 PM

18 suspects in killing of Haiti's president being extradited to Florida for trial

Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse​ were awaiting extradition to the U.S. on Sunday.

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Globe and MailNews report · Sep 20, 7:19 PM

Eighteen suspects in 2021 killing of Haiti’s president to be extradited to U.S.

Jovenel Moïse was fatally shot at his private residence in July, 2021

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ABC News - InternationalNews report · Sep 20, 6:54 PM

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

Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are awaiting extradition to the U.S. It marked the end of a drawn-out judicial process i...

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Details57/99 Wording Gap · High confidence · 9 sources
57/99 Wording GapHigh confidence9 sources · 3 bias bucketsStable · 9 sources · all three buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Sep 20, 6:54 PM: ABC News - International joined the source map.

Sep 20, 7:19 PM: Globe and Mail joined the source map.

Sep 20, 7:33 PM: CBS News joined the source map.

Sep 20, 7:38 PM: PBS NewsHour joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 57/99 and story health is stable · 9 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.