400 Mawozo gang leader extradited to US

Germine Joly, known as Yonyon, was taken on an FBI plane to Washington on Tuesday, authorities said.

The leader of 400 Mawozo gang, had been in jail for several years before his extradition to the United States for smuggling weapons and kidnapping US citizens.

Germine Joly was extradited to the US following a request for judicial assistance issued by the U.S. judicial authorities," Haiti's National Police said in a statement.