Germine Joly, the gang chief “400 mawozo”, was transported to Washington by the FBI who had issued an international mandate against him at the end of April.
Le Monde with AFP
While the territorial hold of the armed gangs of Haiti continues to increase, to the point of placing the capital of the country in siege, one of the most important gang leaders was extradited to the States -Unis Tuesday May 3.
Incarcerated since 2015 in Port-au-Prince prison, Germine Joly, nicknamed “Yonyon”, is prosecuted by the American federal police (FBI) for “import of weapons of war” and “sequestration against ransoms of citizens Americans “, specifies a press release from the Haitian police.
The gang “400 mawozo”, which he continued to lead from his cell, had removed, last fall, a group of seventeen people made up of North American missionaries and their loved ones, including five children . Since Friday, a Dominican diplomat has been kidnapped by this same army band and a ransom of $ 500,000 would have been required for its release, according to a Dominican media.
murderous confrontations between two rival bands
The area controlled for several years by the “400 Mawozo” is highly strategic, because it constitutes the only road access route to the north of the country as well as between the Haitian capital and the Dominican Republic.
For ten days, clashes between this army band and another gang completely paralyze this northern suburbs of Port-au-Prince. Hundreds of families were forced to flee the area and at least twenty civilians were killed, according to the very partial assessment of the violence that Haitian civil protection was able to establish last Thursday.
Since June 2021, the authorities have already lost control of the only road access which links Port-au-Prince to the southern country of the country because, in the space of two kilometers, the national road is completely under the control of Armed bands.