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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2022
- Nationality
- Haitian
- Checked
Vitel'Homme Innocent
Vitel'Homme Innocent, a Haitian national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2022. He is wanted in connection with charges that include organised crime and kidnapping. The United States Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $2 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Vitel'Homme Innocent.
He is described as 1.7 m tall, weighing about 68 kg, with brown eyes and black hair. Born on 27 March 1986 in Haiti, he would now be 40.
Charges, as published
- Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking
- Hostage Taking
- Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking Resulting in Death
- Attempted Hostage Taking Resulting in Death
Reward
The United States Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $2 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Vitel'Homme Innocent.
Case details, as published by FBI
Vitel'Homme Innocent, as leader of the gang Kraze Barye, allegedly worked together with the gang 400 Mawozo, in the October 2021, kidnapping of 17 Christian Missionaries in Haiti, including five children, one as young as 8 months old. The hostages were allegedly held at gunpoint and most remained captive for 61 days. The gangs demanded ransom payment for each of the victims. Additionally, under the direction of Innocent, it is alleged that in October 2022, the Kraze Barye gang kidnapped a United States citizen in Haiti and killed a second United States citizen during the kidnapping attempt. Vitel'Homme Innocent was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking; Hostage Taking; Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking Resulting in Death; and Attempted Hostage Taking Resulting in Death by indictments filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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