Haitian legislation enforcement authorities stated a person belonging to a violent gang accused of kidnapping 4 U.S. residents has been extradited to the U.S.
Haiti’s Nationwide Police stated Tuesday that Jhon Peter Fleronvil is affiliated with the gang often known as “Kokorat San Ras,” roughly translated to imply “Cohorts of No Race.”
Fleronvil was extradited on Monday and faces fees of abducting 4 U.S. residents in Haiti’s central Artibonite area in July 2022, police stated.
Fleronvil was arrested in September within the northern coastal city of Fort Liberte as he tried to flee to the close by border with the Dominican Republic, authorities stated.
In response to a latest U.N. report, “Kokorat San Ras, regardless of its restricted numbers, can be a really brutal gang” that operates within the Artibonite area. Its roughly 20 members have “dedicated acts of utmost violence, forcing folks to desert massive areas of cropland and threatening agricultural manufacturing.”
The gang has been accused of homicide, theft, rape, kidnapping and the hijacking of vehicles and items, in accordance with the report.
Final yr, the chief of one other Haitian gang was extradited to the U.S. and charged in reference to the October 2021 kidnapping of 16 U.S. missionaries. Germine Joly, 29, who’s often known as “Yonyon,” is accused of main the 400 Mawozo gang. The identify roughly interprets to “400 Simpletons.”
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