Kidnappings of missionaries in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by 400 Mawozo gang
Gang war in Haiti
Background
Haitian crisis (2018–present)
Gang war in Haiti
Jimmy Chérizier
Vitel'Homme Innocent
Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti
Battles
Plaine du Cul-de-Sac
Port-au-Prince
Attacks
La Saline massacre
Bel Air massacre
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
Missionary kidnappings
Cabaret attack
Police killings
Jailbreak
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The 400 Mawozo gang is the largest gang in Haiti, mainly based in Ganthier and in Port-au-Prince's Tabarre and Pétion-Ville. It largely consists of deportees, former leaders of opposition groups, former smugglers and police officers. In 2022, it aligned itself with "G-Pep" after its leader was extradited to the United States.[1] It came to international attention in October 2021 when it kidnapped U.S. citizens acting as missionaries in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[2][3]
^Walker, Summer (October 2022). Gangs of Haiti: Expansion, power and an escalating crisis(PDF). Geneva: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. pp. 4, 17–18. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^Faiola, Anthony (17 October 2021). "American missionaries and family members kidnapped in Haiti by '400 Mawozo' gang, groups say". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
^Méheut, Constant; Abi-Habib, Maria (17 October 2021). "Gang suspected in kidnapping of missionaries is among the country's most dangerous". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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