The self-described “king” of one of Haiti’s more notorious gangs has been sentenced to nearly four decades behind bars in federal prison in the United States for his role in a gunrunning conspiracy ...

A Florida resident who helped a violent Haitian gang acquire high-powered firearms — and who temporarily evaded an attempt by the FBI to arrest him — will spend the next five years in a U.S. federal ...

Prosecutors said Joly Germine, 31, who had led the 400 Mawozo gang, was involved in a conspiracy that used ransom money that had been paid for the release of American hostages to buy and smuggle guns ...

The "royal family" and two straw gun purchasers of the largest Haitian gang all pleaded guilty or were sentenced in the U.S. over the last six weeks as part of a federal case that may have set the ...

Gang leader Germine Joly, better known as “Yonyon,” pleaded guilty in January 2024 to four dozen charges in the United States relating to weapons smuggling from South Florida into Haiti. He was ...

Feb. 1 (UPI) --The self-described king of the notorious 400 Mawozo Haitian gang behind the kidnapping of 17 missionaries in 2021 has pleaded guilty to charges of running a conspiracy to smuggle guns ...

The head of a notorious armed gang linked to the kidnapping of U.S. citizens in Haiti, including 16 missionaries, decided to plead guilty to federal weapons smuggling charges Tuesday while in the ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --A Haitian national residing in the United States has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for participating in the smuggling of 24 firearms to his native country. Jocelyn Dor, 31 ...

A member of Haiti's 400 Mawozo gang has been charged in connection with the 2021 kidnapping of 17 missionaries, 16 of whom are American, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Jean Pelice, 27, is ...

A 27-year-old Haitian man has been charged in the United States for his alleged role in last year's kidnapping of 16 American Christian missionaries, the Justice Department said Thursday. Jean Pelice, ...

View of several Haiti-bound semiautomatic weapons seized in Miami by Homeland Security Investigations. The agency on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, announced a crackdown on firearms and ammunition being ...