{"id":49768,"date":"2022-05-11T21:17:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T04:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49768"},"modified":"2022-05-11T21:17:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T04:17:32","slug":"haitian-gang-leader-charged-with-kidnapping-of-16-u-s-missionaries-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49768","title":{"rendered":"Haitian Gang Leader Charged with Kidnapping of 16 U.S. Missionaries in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"A Haitian was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. for conspiracy to commit hostage-taking for his role in the armed kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens in Haiti in the fall of 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n

The victims were Christian missionaries serving in Haiti and most of them were held captive for 61 days before escaping.<\/span><\/p>\n

The indictment charges Joly Germine, 29, aka Yonyon, who is described as a leader of the 400 Mawozo gang.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is the first defendant to be charged in connection with the missionaries\u2019 kidnapping. Germine was previously charged with firearms trafficking in a separate case in Washington D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Haitian government transferred Germine from a Haitian jail into U.S. custody on May 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n