{"id":2515861,"date":"2025-11-30T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-texas-men-foiled-for-bizarre-and-twisted-plan-to-conquer-private-island-use-native-children-as-sex-slaves\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:05:34","slug":"two-texas-men-foiled-for-bizarre-and-twisted-plan-to-conquer-private-island-use-native-children-as-sex-slaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-texas-men-foiled-for-bizarre-and-twisted-plan-to-conquer-private-island-use-native-children-as-sex-slaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Texas Men Foiled for Bizarre and Twisted Plan to Conquer Private Island, Use Native Children as Sex Slaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Ftwo-texas-men-foiled-for-bizarre-and-twisted-plan-to-conquer-private-island-use-native-children-as-sex-slaves%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=2515861&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>Two young men from Texas, Gavin Rivers Weisenburg (21) adn Tanner Christopher Thomas (20), where indicted for plotting to invade the Haitian island of Gonave with a makeshift mercenary force recruited from homeless people in Washington, D.C. Their plan involved purchasing a sailboat,firearms,and ammunition to stage a violent coup,intending to kill all the men on the island and enslave the women and children for sexual purposes. Both men took steps to prepare for the plot: Weisenburg learned Haitian Creole, trained in fire command protocols, and learned sailing in Thailand, while Thomas joined the U.S. Air Force to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >gain military expertise<\/a> and repositioned himself to access homeless individuals for recruitment. They face federal charges including conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country, and producing child pornography, with potential sentences ranging from 15 years to life in prison. The Department of Justice confirmed the severity and brutality of their intentions.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two young men from Texas had an elaborate plot to conquer an island near Haiti with a sailboat and a makeshift mercenary army, namely by slaughtering all of the men and using the women and children as sex slaves.<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, had their bizarre plot foiled, and are now facing charges from the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office in the Eastern District of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Weisenburg and Thomas wanted to take over the island of Gonave, which is controlled by Haiti, with a &ldquo;mercenary force,&rdquo; per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/2-north-texas-men-indicted-plot-invade-haiti-kill-men-enslave-women-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Gonave has a population of 100,000 and is the largest island off the coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-dominican-republic-will-deport-10000-haitians-week-citing-excess-immigrants\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hispaniola<\/a>, the island that includes both Haiti and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The primary purpose for seizing the island was &ldquo;carrying out their rape fantasies,&rdquo; the Department of Justice said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edtx\/pr\/north-texas-men-indicted-eastern-district-texas-international-murderkidnapping-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/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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New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1991892399312781622?\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;mercenary force&rdquo; to help them accomplish the mission would have been comprised of homeless people from Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Weisenburg and Thomas planned to purchase a sailboat, firearms, and ammunition, then recruit members of the District of Columbia-area homeless population to serve as a mercenary force as they invaded Gonave Island and staged a coup d&rsquo;etat,&rdquo; the release said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Weisenburg and Thomas intended to murder all of the men on the island so that they could then turn all of the women and children into their sex slaves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The violent plot earned them charges of conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country.<\/p>\n<p>The two young men also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witch-hunt-mueller-prosecutor-says-trump-could-face-charges-after-pardons\/\" title=\"WITCH HUNT: Mueller Prosecutor Says Trump Could ... ... After Pardons\">face charges<\/a> of producing child pornography in a related count.<\/p>\n<p>They both took steps in recent years to advance the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond learning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-marines-haiti-exchange-fire-suspected-criminal-gangs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haitian<\/a> Creole, Weisenburg joined the North Texas Fire Academy to learn command protocols, and he traveled to Thailand so he could learn how to sail, per a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/21\/us-news\/texas-creeps-indicted-in-murderous-plot-to-invade-tiny-island-and-make-women-and-kids-their-sex-slaves-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> in the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas meanwhile joined the U.S. Air Force in order to acquire military expertise for the invasion.<\/p>\n<p>He got his position changed from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to Andrews Air Force Base in the D.C. area, allowing him better access to homeless people for building the mercenary army.<\/p>\n<p>Weisenburg and Thomas face substantial prison time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If convicted of the federal conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country, Weisenburg and Thomas face up to life in federal prison. If convicted of the federal production of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-more-men-linked-to-netflix-doc-charged-with-sexual-misconduct-with-minors\/\" title=\"Two More ... Linked To Netflix Doc Charged With Sexual Misconduct With Minors\">child pornography charges<\/a>, both face at least 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison,&rdquo; the Department of Justice said in the release.<\/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; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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