Overview

• Jhon Peter Fleronvil, a Haitian gang leader, has been extradited to the United States to face charges over the kidnapping of four American citizens.
• Fleronvil, a member of the Kokorat san Ras gang, was arrested in September 2022 while attempting to flee to the Dominican Republic.
• The Kokorat san Ras gang, operating out of Haiti’s Artibonite Valley, is known for violent crimes including murder, robbery, rape, and kidnapping.
• The gang has forced people to abandon large areas of cropland, threatening agricultural production.
• The extradition follows a judicial decision by the Central Directorate of Judicial Police in Haiti.