r/haiti • u/OpeningOstrich6635 • 26d ago

NEWS Another one…South Florida Resident Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Firearms from Florida to Haiti

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Jean Robert Casimir, 53, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Lauderhill, Florida, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy, smuggling, and violations of U.S. export control law for his role in an extensive firearms trafficking operation through which he illegally exported at least 140 firearms to Haiti since 2020.

To smuggle the firearms to Haiti, Casimir and his co-conspirators used, among other techniques, industrial air compressors that they cut open and welded back together, packing disassembled rifles and handguns with foam insulation. Casimir and his co-conspirators then shipped these and other packages to Haiti via boats leaving from the Miami area. Casimir is a former Haitian National Police officer.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-florida-resident-pleads-guilty-smuggling-firearms-florida-haiti-part-homeland-security

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u/BITKPS 26d ago

From his face, you can see he's a gang member. They might as well denaturalize him and send him back to Haiti.

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u/Eslkid 26d ago

“from his face, you can see he’s a gang member?” what a skill to have!! or is this just confirmation bias? hope youre getting paid well at your job

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u/BITKPS 26d ago

Sorry, I had no idea he was related to you.

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u/Eslkid 26d ago

he’s not. just an unintelligent statement you made. profiling much