A Miami courtroom on Monday sentenced Germaine “Yonion” Joly, former chief of Haiti’s infamous “400 Mawozo” gang, to 35 years in jail for cash laundering (together with ransom for the discharge of abductees) and unlawful trafficking. of US weapons in Haiti, the US Division of Justice introduced.
Jolie had confessed to taking part within the unlawful trafficking of American weapons to Haiti and the switch of funds, a few of which had been ransoms from the kidnapping of Americans.
The “400 Mawozo” gang grew to become extensively identified in April 2021 once they kidnapped 5 Catholic monks and two nuns – two of whom had French citizenship. Six months later, the identical gang kidnapped 17 People and Canadians (missionaries and 5 minors), demanding one million {dollars} for every hostage.
Present “400 Mawozo” gang chief Joseph Wilson, alias Lanmo Sanzou, is on the FBI’s most wished record for his involvement within the 2021 kidnappings and a $1 million reward is being supplied for info resulting in upon his arrest.
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