The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged alleged Haitian gang leader Vitel’homme Innocent with ordering the 2022 kidnapping of an American husband and wife, which resulted in the wife’s death.
According to the federal indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday, Mr. Innocent was the leader of a Haitian gang known as the Kraze Barye. The gang is one of several Haitian criminal organizations known to kidnap people for ransom payments.
