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US indicts Haitian national for alleged role in 2021 kidnapping of missionaries

A US grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Haitian national for conspiracy to commit hostage taking in the kidnapping of 16 American missionaries in Haiti in 2021.

The indictment charges Joly Germine, 29, who prosecutors describe as a leader of the 400 Mawozo gang. He is the first defendant to be charged in connection with the missionaries’ kidnapping, the US Justice Department said.