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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Feds Reveal Chilling Prep Work Behind Plot by Two White Men to Seize a Haitian Island — Kill Every Man and Claim the Women and Children for Their Own
Federal authorities shared details about a disturbing case out of Texas where two men were allegedly planning to travel to a small Haitian island, murder every man, and then kidnap all the women and children to keep as sex slaves. A federal grand jury 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. Two Texas …
2 suspects charged for plotting to invade Haitian island, take women as sex slaves
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas announced charges against two men on Thursday who allegedly plotted to invade a Haitian island, murder all of the men, and take the women and children as sex slaves. In a Thursday press release, U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs confirmed that two men from Texas had been “charged in relation to a plot that included invading an island off Haiti, murdering the men on the island, and using the w…
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…
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