Haiti: A powerful gang leader extradited to the United States

May 4th, 2022

The leader of one of the most powerful gangs in Haiti, Germine Joly, was extradited to the United States on Tuesday, May 3, the Haitian National Police announced. Head of the gang "400 Mawozo", the one nicknamed "Yonyon" was transported by the U.S. Federal Police (FBI) to the city of Washington, which had issued an international warrant against him in late April.

Incarcerated since 2015 in the prison of Port-au-Prince, he is prosecuted by the United States for "importing weapons of war" and "kidnapping for ransom of U.S. citizens," said the Haitian police statement.

The gang, which he continued to lead from his cell, had kidnapped, last fall, a group of 17 people composed of North American missionaries and their relatives, including five children.