Feds charge 3 in Florida for running guns to Haiti /*gang leader extradited & sentenced to 35 years

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Florida Trio Accused of Smuggling Guns to ‘400 Mawozo’ Gang in Haiti
Nov. 01, 2021

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Three Florida residents are facing federal charges for allegedly smuggling firearms from South Florida to leaders of Haiti’s notorious 400 Mawozo gang, recently accused of kidnapping at least 17 American and Canadian missionaries last month near Port-au-Prince. That’s according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday, which alleges the trio, Eliande Tunis, Jocelyn Dor, and Walder St. Louis, filled orders for assorted weapons sent via WhatsApp by two unnamed 400 Mawozo higher-ups, including one for a .50-caliber Barrett Model 82A1 sniper rifle. Tunis, a U.S. citizen, is a full-fledged member of 400 Mawozo, prosecutors claim, and allegedly sent a message to an unnamed co-conspirator in Haiti saying, “We are snakes, We slither to get where we are going. They would be shocked to see Mawozo invade Miami.”

The three suspects bought the guns and ammo from licensed dealers in Florida, and shipped them to Haiti in barrels, concealed under piles of clothing, shoes, and Gatorade, according to the feds. “In order to fund this conspiracy, Tunis fraudulently obtained money from V-1, an elderly individual for whom Tunis worked, and caused the same to be wired to Tunis’s bank account,” the complaint states. Tunis, Dor, and St. Louis began shipping the weapons in September, and continued through late October, it says. They are each charged with smuggling and export control violations


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South Florida woman pleads guilty to smuggling arms to Haiti. Gang leader waives jury trial ​

Jan 17, 2024
A Pompano Beach woman who helped one of Haiti’s most notorious kidnapping gangs obtain high-powered rifles and ammunition from Florida gun dealers pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating U.S. export laws.

Eliande Tunis pleaded guilty to a 48-count indictment just before trial in federal court in Washington, D.C., leaving Germine “Yonyon” Joly, a high-profile Haitian gang leader, as the lone defendant in the case. Joly is charged in the same weapons-smuggling conspiracy while coordinating the armed kidnapping of 17 missionaries in October 2021. In an unusual step on Wednesday, Joly waived his right to a jury trial and instead asked U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates for a bench trial.

The indictment accuses Tunis and two other Florida residents of smuggling arms from South Florida to Haiti to benefit the 400 Mawozo gang, which claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of the 17 U.S. citizens and Canadian missionaries who worked with Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries. The gang originally demanded a $17 million ransom for their release.

At the time of the abduction, Tunis was in communication with Joly and the gang’s No. 2, Lanmò Sanjou, also known as Joseph Wilson, about the kinds of weapons the group needed. With the help of two Florida-based straw buyers, who purchased and falsified documents, Tunis shipped a .50-caliber Barrett semi-automatic rifle and other weapons to Haiti by concealing them in garbage bags and covering them underneath clothing and Gatorade inside oversize barrels, U.S. authorities said

 

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Good job. Keep going!

 

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mfs trying to shoot someone through a concrete wall? sheesh

 

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Leader of notorious Haiti gang 400 Mawozo decides to plead guilty in middle of DC trial​

Germine Joly, better known as "Yonyon"

Jan 30, 2024

The head of a notorious armed gang linked to the kidnapping of U.S. citizens in Haiti, including 16 missionaries, decided to plead guilty to federal weapons smuggling charges Tuesday while in the middle of his federal trial in Washington, D.C.


Lawyers for Germine Joly, known as Yonyon, informed U.S. District Judge John D. Bates late Tuesday of Joly’s change of plea just as prosecutors were preparing to rest their case after eight days of testimony. Their last witness: a federal agent who testified that while on the May 2022 extradition flight from Port-au-Prince to Washington, the head of Haiti’s 400 Mawozo gang admitted to being able to order the release of hostages and acknowledged the power he held in his volatile homeland.

Joly, who had waived his right to a jury trial, originally pleaded not guilty. But after kidnapping victims testified about their ordeal, federal agents testified about high-powered weapons the gang purchased and then shipped to Haiti, and co-defendant Walder St. Louis describe Joly’s political and police connections, his lawyer asked for a moment.


Joly met with his attorneys privately for an hour. When the proceedings resumed, his lawyer told the judge that Joly will change his plea.

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 laws. The arms were purchased from licensed gun dealers in Florida with the help of three Florida based codefendants, who have also pleaded guilty.

In laying out the weapons-smuggling case against Joly, Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Seifert described 400 Mawozo’s criminal business as a cycle of taking hostages for ransom, transferring the money to the U.S. to buy guns and then having them smuggled into Haiti. Those guns, often powerful enough to pierce walls and police vehicles, were used to grab more hostages and take control of more territory inside the impoverished country

The defense did not say why Joly decided to change his plea. The government, which did not know Tuesday what charges Joly will admit to, said it will inform the court on Wednesday whether prosecutors will accept the change in plea. The most serious of Joly’s 48 counts, violating U.S. export laws, carries up to 20 years in prison. However, it remains unclear how much time he could face.


The government has asked for life imprisonment for one of his codefendants, Eliande Tunis, who on the eve of the start of the federal trial also decided to plead guilty to the same 48 counts

 

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Different case, not directly related to OP story.

Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Violate U.S. Export Laws

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Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Violate U.S. Export Laws​

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court on January 30, 2024, to a charge of conspiring to violate federal export laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Derby Clerfe, 44, pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge William S. Stickman.
In connection with the guilty plea, the Court was advised that Clerfe had purchased nine handguns and provided them to another individual who would arrange for their export to Haiti without filing the export information required by federal law.
Judge Stickman scheduled sentencing for May 30, 2024. The law provides for a maximum total sentence of up to five years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. Under the federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.

Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey R. Bengel is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Clerfe

 

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Florida Resident Sentenced to 60 Months for Smuggling Firearms from U.S. to Violent Haitian Gang That Kidnapped 19 Americans

Jocelyn Dor, 31, a Haitian citizen who resided in Orlando, Florida, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for participating in a sophisticated smuggling scheme that exported or attempted to export at least 24 firearms from the United States to Haiti, along with hundreds of rounds of...

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Feb 28, 2024

Florida Resident Sentenced to 60 Months for Smuggling Firearms from U.S. to Violent Haitian Gang That Kidnapped 19 Americans​

WASHINGTON – Jocelyn Dor, 31, a Haitian citizen who resided in Orlando, Florida, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for participating in a sophisticated smuggling scheme that exported or attempted to export at least 24 firearms from the United States to Haiti, along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey B. Veltri of the FBI Miami Field Office.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates ordered Dor to serve three years of supervised release. Dor pleaded guilty Oct. 30, 2023, to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act, violating the Export Control Reform Act, and laundering money with the purpose of promoting a specified unlawful activity.

Image from they ran down and arrested his dumb ass

 

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[Biscayne]

“We are snakes, we slither. They will be shocked to see Mawozo invade Miami”



Another group of countless groups who’ve “invaded Miami” since the late 70s. 50yrs too late. Get in line.

 

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Cap-Haitien Arms trafficking : Arrest of Jean Bernard Joseph​

Saturday April 13, 2024, as part of the case of the seizure of weapons and ammunition at the port of Cap-Haitien, around 5:45 p.m., investigators from the Office for the Fight against Drug Trafficking (BLTS) on secondment in the North, proceeded to the arrest of the name Jean Bernard Joseph, (45 years old) born in Pétion-Ville (West), Head of department and supervisor at customs, at the Cap terminal

Jean Bernard Joseph was actively sought and under an arrest warrant issued by Me Charles Édouard DURAND, Government Commissioner at the Court of First Instance of Cap-Haitien.

He is accused of complicity in the seizure of 26 firearms, a thousand cartridges and magazines discovered Friday April 5, 2024 in a container at the National Port Authority of Cap-Haitian Haiti - FLASH : Major seizure of weapons and ammunition in Cap-Haïtien (Video) - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7

Note that during his arrest, a vehicle brand: Land Rover, model: LR4, color: white, registered DD-0540 and 482,000 Gourdes were seized as part of this case.

 

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Germine Joly, better known as "Yonyon"

‘King’ of Violent Haitian Gang Sentenced to 35 Years for Gun Smuggling and Money Laundering

Joly Germine, 31, of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for his role in a gunrunning conspiracy that smuggled firearms to Haiti in violation of U.S. export laws, and the laundering of ransoms paid for U.S. hostages held by the notoriously violent Haitian gang...

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June 24, 2024

‘King’ of Violent Haitian Gang Sentenced to 35 Years for Gun Smuggling and Money Laundering​

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia


WASHINGTON – Joly Germine, 31, of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for his role in a gunrunning conspiracy that smuggled firearms to Haiti in violation of U.S. export laws, and the laundering of ransoms paid for U.S. hostages held by the notoriously violent Haitian gang known as 400 Mawozo. Eliande Tunis, 46, of Pompano Beach, Florida, who styled herself as Germine’s “wife” and was described at trial as the “Queen” of 400 Mawozo, was sentenced on June 5, 2024, to 150 months in prison for her role in the conspiracy. Two other defendants in the conspiracy were also sentenced to jail time for their involvement.

The sentencings were announced by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey B. Veltri of the FBI Miami Field Office.
The conspiracy resulted in the purchase in the United States of at least 24 firearms, including weapons designed for the military and close-quarters combat such as AK-47s, AR-15s, an M4 Carbine rifle, an M1A rifle, and a .50 caliber rifle, which were smuggled from the United States to the gang in Haiti to further their criminal activities. Those firearms were bought using funds laundered from the proceeds of the hostage taking for ransom of U.S. citizens in Haiti in 2021.

“A leader of the Haitian gang known as 400 Mawozo will now spend 35 years in prison for a scheme to smuggle guns from the United States to Haiti using the proceeds extorted from kidnapping American citizens,” said U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “The leaders of violent gangs in Haiti that terrorize Americans citizens in order to fuel their criminal activity will be met with the full force of the Justice Department.”

 

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lost the rest of his prime physical years

Wish they could just go and smoke the gangs down there terrorizing those citizens won't happen until some obvious political gain is at stake tho

 

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