US EditionUS Jury Convicts Once Powerful Haitian Gang Leader in Kidnapping of US Missionaries
- A federal jury in Washington, D.C., found Germine Joly guilty on Friday for his involvement in the 2021 abduction of 16 American missionaries held captive in Haiti.
- Joly, a co-leader of Haiti's 400 Mawozo gang, directed the hostage-taking to leverage the captives for ransom or his release from prison.
- The gang abducted the group, including five children and a Canadian, while they returned from an orphanage near Port-au-Prince, holding them for more than two months under armed guard.
- Officials reported the gang demanded $1 million per hostage and threatened to kill them; a $350,000 ransom was eventually paid to free the remaining captives.
- Joly, sentenced last year to 35 years for related crimes, will face additional sentencing this year, highlighting ongoing efforts to hold gang leaders accountable internationally.
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A U.S. jury has found a Haitian gang leader guilty of kidnapping 16 American missionaries in 2021. The missionaries, including five children, were held hostage for more than two months. Germine Joly, the leader of the gang called 400 Mawozo, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said in a statement, “This office will fight aggressively to protect Americans who are taken hostage and abused, and to uphold the…
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