US jury convicts ex-400 Mawozo gang leader in kidnapping of US missionaries

Remember the gang that "allegedly" kidnapped Youtuber ARAB in haiti? the 400 mawozo? well the boss, Germine “Yonyon” Joly was recently found guilty of orchestrating 2021 abduction of 16 Americans and a Canadian. Joly, already serving time for weapons and money laundering charges, faces further sentencing following a guilty verdict.

Joly, known as “Yonyon,” was co-leader of the 400 Mawozo gang, which translates roughly to “400 simpletons.” 

It controls part of Croix-des-Bouquets, a neighborhood in the eastern region of the Port-au-Prince capital and surrounding areas. 

The gang also operates along a route that connects the capital with the border city of Jimaní in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.

The gang is still led by Joseph Wilson, best known as “Lanmò San Jou,” which means “death has no date,” and it is an ally of G-Pep, a gang federation that is now part of a powerful gang coalition known as “Viv Ansanm.”