Monel "Mikano" Felix is a Haitian criminal and head of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Port-au-Prince.

Felix was banned from entering neighboring Dominican Republic in 2022.[1]

In 2024 he sought advice from a Vodou priest about what he could do about the recovery of his sick child. The priest claimed that old people had used witchcraft to cause his child's illness. He then had his gang murder 110 people, especially older, impoverished people in the Cite Soleil neighborhood.[2][3][4]

The majority of the victims were women and men over 60 years old, whose bodies were mutilated and burned in the street.[2] Gang members killed at least 60 people on one day and 50 the next day using machetes and knives.[1] Tight gang control in Haiti, including the restriction of mobile phone use, limited residents' ability to share information about the massacre.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Haiti gang kills at least 110 people in Cité Soleil over accused witchcraft". France 24. 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  2. ^ a b "Offenbar 184 Tote bei Massaker in Elendsviertel in Haiti". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  3. ^ "184 killed in Haiti, U.N. says, as gang leader allegedly orders massacre of elderly on voodoo priest's advice - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  4. ^ "Haiti – Poverty – Daily Life in Wharf Jeremie, Port au Prince". The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2024-12-09.