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US offers up to $1m reward for information leading to the capture or conviction of 400 Mawozo and Kraze Barye gang leaders. Two leaders of 400 Mawozo – Lanmo Sanjou, also known as Joseph Wilson, and Jermaine Stephenson, also known as Gaspiyay – were charged, the US justice department said, along with the leader of the Kraze Barye gang, Vitel’homme …

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US authorities say Joly Germine is a leader of the 400 Mawozo gang accused of kidnapping 17 missionaries in Haiti last year. The grand jury in the United States has indicted a Haitian gang leader for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a group of Christian missionaries in Haiti last year, the US Justice Department announced. “This case shows …

The incident comes amid uptick in violence and kidnappings as gangs jockey for influence amid ongoing political crisis. Fighting between gangs has forced some families to flee their homes in the capital, Port-au-Prince, with the country’s Civil Protection Agency blaming the most recent spate of violence on a fight between the Chen Mechan gang and the rival 400 Mawozo gang …

North American missionaries who were taken captive in Haiti in October made a daring overnight escape last week, according to officials. Key points: The missionaries were abducted on October 16 after visiting an orphanage They were held by the 400 Mawozo gang who initially demanded millions of dollars in ransom There were 17 people abducted in October, with five being …

The remaining 12 Canadian and US missionaries kidnapped in October by the 400 Mawozo gang now released, police say. A group of Canadian and US missionaries kidnapped in October by a gang in Haiti has been released, local police said on Thursday, after weeks of negotiations. The missionaries were abducted by a powerful criminal gang known as 400 Mawozo, Haitian …

The 400 Mawozo gang still holds 12 hostages, including children, kidnapped in October and is seeking ransom payments. Three more hostages kidnapped by a gang in Haiti have been released, the United States-based missionary group that organised their trip to the Caribbean nation said, while another 12 are still held. “We are thankful to God that three more hostages were …

Gang Haiti 400 Mawozo

Officials have said 400 Mawozo gang is demanding $1m per hostage in ransom to release 17 members of missionary group. Speaking in front of the coffins of gang members apparently killed by the police, Joseph threatened Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the chief of National Police Leon Charles in the video. “We also ask for prayer for government leaders …

400 Mawozo gang kidnapped the missionaries: Haiti police

Gang known as 400 Mazowo said to have abducted 17 foreign missionaries amid increasing lawlessness in troubled nation. The 400 Mawozo gang snatched the group in Ganthier, east of the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haitian police inspector Frantz Champagne told The Associated Press news agency on Sunday. The gang, whose name roughly translates to 400 “inexperienced men,” controls the Croix-des-Bouquets area …