{"id":2436516,"date":"2025-05-19T14:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haitian-gangster-convicted-of-kidnapping-16-american-christians\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:40:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:40:56","slug":"haitian-gangster-convicted-of-kidnapping-16-american-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haitian-gangster-convicted-of-kidnapping-16-american-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Haitian Gangster Convicted of Kidnapping 16 American Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhaitian-gangster-convicted-of-kidnapping-16-american-christians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2436516&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A U.S. jury has convicted Germine Joly, the leader of the Haitian gang 400 Mawozo, for organizing the kidnapping of 16 Americans and a Canadian in 2021. The hostages, including five children, were held for over two months, during which the gang demanded a ransom of $1 million per person or the release of Joly himself. Eventually, a $350,000 ransom was paid for their release. Joly, who was extradited to the U.S. after being arrested in Haiti in 2014, previously received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-argue-vindictive-special-counsel-indictment-criminalizes-speech\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s lawyers claim that the Special Counsel&#039;s indictment unfairly criminalizes speech as an act of vengeance.\">35-year prison sentence<\/a> for weapons smuggling and laundering ransom money. Despite being imprisoned, he reportedly continued to manage gang operations from behind bars. He is set to be sentenced again later this year in federal court in Washington, D.C.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A U.S. jury has found a once-powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/haitian-man-flown-us-biden-admin-charged-gruesome-murders-children-elderly-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haitian<\/a> gang leader guilty of organizing the kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens in 2021 and holding them hostage for more than two months.<\/p>\n<p>Germine Joly, whom authorities said led the 400 Mawozo gang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-frauds-make-u-turn-shole-country-haiti-now-trumps-sending-haitians-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Haiti<\/a>, will be sentenced later this year following Friday&rsquo;s conviction at a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Joly, who has denied involvement with the gang, was sentenced to 35 years in prison last year after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">pleading guilty<\/a> to weapons smuggling and the laundering of ransom related to the mass kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>Haitian police arrested Joly in 2014, and he was sentenced to life in prison in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Local police released video of authorities escorting Joly for extradition in 2022:<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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la Police&rdquo;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libs-invite-african-refugees-to-their-theater-new-occupants-turn-it-into-sex-den-refuse-to-leave-bankrupt-the-company\/\" title=\"Libs Invite African &#039;Refugees&#039; to Their Theater: New Occupants Turn It Into Sex Den, Refuse to Leave, Bankrupt the Company\">pr&#038;eacute<\/a>;sente au public l&rsquo;extradition vers les &Eacute;tats-Unis de Germine Joly alias &ldquo;Yonyon, Chef de gangs des &ldquo;400 Mawozo&rdquo;.<br \/> &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pnhhaiti?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pnhhaiti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dUOzJwZWjc\">pic.twitter.com\/dUOzJwZWjc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PNH (@pnh_officiel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pnh_officiel\/status\/1521622201849495552?\">May 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Authorities said he still directed gang operations from prison, including the October 2021 kidnapping of 16 Americans, including five children, and a Canadian who worked with the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries.<\/p>\n<p>The children were ages 6, 3 and 8-months old.<\/p>\n<p>The gang initially demanded $1 million each for the hostages or, alternatively, the release of Joly from prison.<\/p>\n<p>The first hostages were released in November 2021, with a $350,000 ransom eventually paid for the release of the remaining captives.<\/p>\n<p>Joly, known as &ldquo;Yonyon,&rdquo; was co-leader of the 400 Mawozo gang, which translates roughly to &ldquo;400 simpletons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It controls part of Croix-des-Bouquets, a neighborhood in the eastern region of the Port-au-Prince capital and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>The gang also operates along a route that connects the capital with the border city of Jiman&iacute; in the Dominican Republic, which s the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>The gang is still led by Joseph Wilson, best known as &ldquo;Lanm&ograve; San Jou,&rdquo; which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-response-to-bidens-decline-disqualifies-her-for-presidency\/\" title=\"Harris&#039; response to Biden&#039;s decline disqualifies her for presidency\">means &#038;ldquo<\/a>;death has no date,&rdquo; and it is an ally of G-Pep, a gang federation that is now part of a powerful gang coalition known as &ldquo;Viv Ansanm.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Joly, identified as the head of the 400 Mawozo gang, is set to be sentenced later this year after his conviction at a federal court in Washington, D.C. 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