Joly Germine declined to say anything before U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., sentenced him.

The former head of the notorious Haitian gang 400 Mawozo was sentenced on Wednesday in a U.S. court to life in prison for masterminding the 2021 kidnapping of a group of American missionaries. Joly ...

Most of the hostages were held at gunpoint for 62 days. They won their freedom after a $350,000 ransom was paid.

Last fall, Haiti created a transitional presidential council tasked with regaining control over the gang-ravaged Caribbean ...