{"id":500390,"date":"2026-02-18T15:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-us-offers-a-reward-of-one-million-dollars-for-the-capture-of-a-haitian-gang-member\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:38:10","slug":"the-us-offers-a-reward-of-one-million-dollars-for-the-capture-of-a-haitian-gang-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/the-us-offers-a-reward-of-one-million-dollars-for-the-capture-of-a-haitian-gang-member\/","title":{"rendered":"The US offers a reward of one million dollars for the capture of a Haitian gang member"},"content":{"rendered":"Port-au-Prince.- The United States<\/strong> announced this Wednesday a reward of one million dollars for any information leading to the capture of the Haitian Johnson Andr\u00e9, alias Izo,<\/strong> leader of the gang known as 5 Segond.<\/strong>\n\n“We encourage anyone with information about Johnson ‘Izo’ Andr\u00e9 to contact”<\/strong> the Rewards for Justice program of the United States Department of State, noted a statement published by the United States Embassy in the country, which has been mired for years in a deep crisis, aggravated by the violence imposed by armed gangs.\n\n\n

You may be interested in: <\/strong>At least 299 people were killed in Haiti in January 2026, according to NGO alert<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nIn addition to the reward, the program also reports that relocation for the informant is foreseen.\n\nThis is also valid for any information leading to the capture of other individuals involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen that occurred on March 18, 2023, in Port-au-Prince, for which the gang known as alias ‘Izo’ is responsible.\n\nOn March 27, 2023, the gang released the victim after receiving a ransom, their vehicle, and the firearms belonging to their father.\n\nAlias ‘Izo’ is wanted by the Haitian National Police (PNH) for murder, kidnapping for ransom, illegal possession of firearms, hijacking of cargo trucks, and illicit association.\n\nAndr\u00e9 and his band are identified as directly responsible for 1,035 documented cases of sexual violence in 2022 alone.\n\nAccording to the statement, the gang member is still at large and, apparently, resides in Village de Dieu, in the center of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.\n\nOn December 8, 2023, Andr\u00e9 was sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury for his role in human rights violations as the leader of a criminal gang in Haiti, in accordance with Executive Order 13818.\n\nIn December 2024, U.S. authorities filed a criminal complaint against Andr\u00e9 for kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.\n\nThus, ‘Izo’ joins Jimmy Cherisier, alias Barbecue, leader of the Delmas 6 base; Vithelhomme Innoncent, leader of the Kraze Bary\u00e8 base; and Lanm\u00f2 Sanjou, of the 400 Mawozo base, for whose capture significant rewards have been promised.\n\nHaiti is experiencing a severe political and social crisis, and according to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (Binuh), almost 6,000 people died and another 2,708 were injured in Haiti in 2025 due to gang violence and operations by security forces to combat it.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Port-au-Prince.- The United States announced this Wednesday a reward of one million dollars for any information leading to the capture of the Haitian Johnson Andr\u00e9, alias Izo, leader of the gang known as 5 Segond. “We encourage anyone with information about Johnson ‘Izo’ Andr\u00e9 to contact” the Rewards for Justice program of the United States […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[1537,40230],"class_list":["post-500390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-international","tag-haiti","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26aO","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}