{"id":3095,"date":"2025-11-24T18:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:58:06","slug":"%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%b8-federal-prosecutors-allege-texas-men-plotted-mercenary-coup-to-invade-haitian-island-kill-men-enslave-women-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3095","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Federal Prosecutors Allege Texas Men Plotted Mercenary Coup to Invade Haitian Island, Kill Men, Enslave Women and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\u00a0Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, Accused of <\/strong><br><strong>Recruiting Homeless Mercenaries to Seize Gon\u00e2ve Island<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Federal prosecutors have indicted two North Texas men, Gavin Rivers Weisenburg of Allen, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas of Argyle, 20, for allegedly plotting to recruit homeless individuals from Washington, D.C., to form a mercenary \u201carmy\u201d to invade Haiti\u2019s Gon\u00e2ve Island, kill all the men, and enslave the women and children.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to court documents from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, the pair planned to purchase a sailboat, firearms, and ammunition to carry out the violent coup between August 2024 and July 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The indictment states they intended to murder every man on Gon\u00e2ve Island\u2014a tropical island of about 100,000 residents off the coast of Haiti\u2014and subject the women and children to sexual slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weisenburg and Thomas allegedly undertook preparation activities including learning Haitian Creole, researching operational logistics, and enrolling in schools to acquire necessary skills. Thomas reportedly enlisted in the U.S. Air Force to obtain military training for the invasion plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their plot involved recruiting members of the homeless population from the Washington, D.C. area as mercenaries to assist in the violent takeover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The indictment includes charges of conspiracy to murder, kidnap, and maim in a foreign country, as well as production of child pornography. Conviction could potentially lead to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities are treating the case as a particularly disturbing and outlandish plot, highlighting the severity of the allegations and the scale of premeditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation continues as law enforcement aims to prevent such threats and hold those responsible fully accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, Accused of Recruiting Homeless Mercenaries to Seize Gon\u00e2ve Island Federal prosecutors have indicted two North Texas men, Gavin Rivers Weisenburg of Allen, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas of Argyle, 20, for allegedly plotting to recruit homeless individuals from Washington, D.C., to form a mercenary \u201carmy\u201d to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[771,1109,1108,1106,1107],"class_list":["post-3095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s","tag-771","tag-federalindictment","tag-haitiplot","tag-humantrafficking","tag-texascrime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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