PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haitian law enforcement authorities say a man belonging to a violent gang accused of kidnapping four US citizens has been deported.
On Tuesday, Haiti’s National Police said that John Peter Fleronvil is affiliated with the gang known as “Kokorat San Ras,” roughly translated to mean “Cohorts of No Race.”
He was deported on Monday and faces charges of abducting four US citizens in Haiti’s central Artibonite region in July 2022.
Authorities say Fleronvil was arrested in September as he tried to flee to the nearby border with the Dominican Republic.
According to a recent United Nations report, the gang, despite its limited numbers, is brutal.
Its roughly 20 members have been accused of murder, robbery, rape, kidnapping, and the hijacking of trucks and goods.
Last year, the leader of another Haitian gang was extradited to the US and charged in connection with the October 2021 kidnapping of 16 US missionaries.
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