US EditionFederal prosecutors say 2 Texas men made plans to take over a Haitian island
Two Texas men allegedly planned to recruit homeless mercenaries, purchase weapons and a sailboat, and carry out a violent coup on Gonâve Island to fulfill violent sexual crimes.
- On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, unsealed an indictment charging Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, with plotting to invade La Gonâve and produce child pornography.
- Between August 2024 and July 2025, court documents show the defendants learned Haitian Creole, researched sailboat and weapons purchases, and Thomas enlisted in the U.S. Air Force to recruit homeless people in Washington, D.C.
- Travel and training efforts included a trip to Thailand to learn sailing and enrollment attempts at a fire academy, where Weisenburg never enrolled due to cost and later failed out, while both men face child pornography charges involving a minor.
- The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Locker, prosecutes the case while the FBI and U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations investigate; defense attorneys say both men will plead not guilty.
- Gonâve, a roughly 90,000-resident island west of Port-au-Prince, is described by prosecutors as vulnerable due to its isolation and limited infrastructure, echoing past exploitation of Haitian communities.
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Two men accused of sick murderous plot to take over island and turn women into sex slaves - The Mirror
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, are accused of making plans to take over a island in Haiti, murder its male inhabitants and turn women and children into sex slaves
Federal prosecutors accuse two Texas youths of plotting an invasion of Haiti. Both face charges could result in life imprisonment
Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children
Two men from North Texas have been charged over violent plans that included an armed coup on the Haitian island of Gonave, according to the Justice Department.Gavin Weisenburg, 21 years old of Allen, and Tanner Thomas, 20 years old of Argyle, along with other co-conspirators planned to murder all men on the Haitian territory before taking over the island, and enslaving the women and children as “sex slaves,” according to an indictment filed in t…
Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.(Image credit: Planet Observer/Universal Images Group) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source The post Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children appeared first on RocketNews.
Two men 'planned to raise homeless army, invade island, kill all men and take sex slaves'
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg (L) and Tanner Christopher Thomas (R) are behind bars awaiting trial after ‘their plot was uncovered’ (Picture: AP) Two American men plotted to invade a Caribbean island to take sex slaves and live out their violent ‘rape fantasies’, according to prosecutors. Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, both from Texas are accused of planning to recruit an army of homeless people to storm Gonave Island …
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