PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti 鈥� Haitian law enforcement authorities said a man belonging to a violent gang accused of kidnapping four U.S. citizens has been extradited to the U.S.
Haiti's National Police said Tuesday that Jhon Peter Fleronvil is affiliated with the gang known as 鈥淜okorat San Ras," roughly translated to mean 鈥淐ohorts of No Race.鈥�
Fleronvil was extradited on Monday and faces charges of abducting four U.S. citizens in Haiti鈥檚 central Artibonite region in July 2022, police said.
Fleronvil was arrested in September in the northern coastal town of Fort Liberte as he tried to flee to the nearby border with the Dominican Republic, authorities said.
According to a recent U.N. report, 鈥淜okorat San Ras, despite its limited numbers, is also a very brutal gang鈥� that operates in the Artibonite region. Its roughly 20 members have 鈥渃ommitted acts of extreme violence, forcing people to abandon large areas of cropland and threatening agricultural production.鈥�
The gang has been accused of murder, robbery, rape, kidnapping and the hijacking of trucks and goods, according to the report.
Last year, the leader of another Haitian gang was extradited to the U.S. and . Germine Joly, 29, who is also known as 鈥淵onyon,鈥� is accused of leading the 400 Mawozo gang. The name roughly translates to 鈥�400 Simpletons.鈥�
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