"Federal authorities charged 21-year-old Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, and 20-year-old Tanner Christopher Thomas, from North Texas, with conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country, as well as with production of child pornography. Court records alleged the men conspired between August 2024 and July 2025 to recruit homeless from Washington, D.C. as mercenaries to help them carry out the attack they planned for Gonave a Haitian island home to about 87,000 people."
"The men allegedly studied Haitian Creole to communicate with the islanders, and Thomas even enlisted in the U.S. Air Force to develop skills that might be helpful in the planned attack. The indictment said Weisenburg joined the North Texas Fire Academy in Rockwall, Texas, to learn command-and-control protocols, but failed out. He then allegedly traveled to Thailand to learn how to sail."
"The men planned to purchase a sailboat, firearms, and ammunition, before staging their coup d'etat by killing all of the men on the island so they could fulfill what the indictment called rape fantasies with the women and children. The indictment mentioned co-conspirators but did not identify them or provide additional information. Two North Texas men have been indicted for allegedly plotting to sail to Haiti's Gonave Island, kill the men, and enslave women and children."
Federal authorities charged 21-year-old Gavin Rivers Weisenburg and 20-year-old Tanner Christopher Thomas with conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country and production of child pornography. Court records allege a conspiracy between August 2024 and July 2025 to recruit homeless individuals from Washington, D.C. as mercenaries to seize Gonave Island, a Haitian island of about 87,000 residents. The men allegedly studied Haitian Creole; Thomas enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and Weisenburg attended a North Texas fire academy before traveling to Thailand to learn sailing. The plan included purchasing a sailboat, weapons, and ammunition and killing male residents to enslave and sexually assault women and children. Co-conspirators remain unidentified; both defendants have legal counsel.
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