A sign outside Christian Aid Ministries in Titanyen, Haiti, on Oct. 21, 2021. Matias Delacroix/AP Photo
The former head of the notorious Haitian gang 400 Mawozo was sentenced to life imprisonment by a U.S. court on Wednesday for masterminding the 2021 kidnapping of a group of American Christian missionaries.
Joly “Yonyon” Germine, 34, was found guilty in May of 16 counts of kidnapping a U.S. national for ransom and conspiracy to commit hostage-taking, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
