The one-time ‘king’ of one of Haiti’s most violent criminal gang, already looking at spending 35 years in a U.S. prison for ...

Germine Joly, once one of the most powerful gang leaders in Haiti — even when he was behind prison bars — has been found guilty of kidnapping 16 U.S.

A U.S. jury has found a once powerful Haitian gang leader guilty of organizing the kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens in 2021 and holding them hostage for more than two months.

Authorities registered 1,014 kidnappings in Haiti from January to June this year ... “Pray that God would keep her safe, be with her through this trial, and deliver her from her captors.” ...

Though brought to the U.S. in connection with the missionaries’ kidnapping, Joly was put on trial on four dozen charges related to the smuggling of firearms to Haiti, a violation of U.S. export ...

The American nurse who was kidnapped in Haiti last week along with her young daughter was seized by gunmen who stormed the small clinic she was working in and demanded $1 million in ransom ...

With jury selection scheduled to begin Wednesday, Joly faces a maximum sentence of up to 20 years on the most serious charge, exporting firearms to Haiti without the proper U.S. license. Though not on ...

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