A former mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to nine years in prison for immigration fraud.

"For more than a decade, he lived freely and comfortably in this country while the victims of his brutality lived in fear, ...

Jean Morose Viliena, 53, was found guilty in March of visa fraud for falsely denying involvement in violence on a 2008 visa ...

A former mayor from Haiti convicted of lying about his violent past on his visa application has been sentenced to nine years ...

The former mayor of a small rural village in Haiti, accused of torturing and killing opponents in his homeland, was sentenced ...

Jean Morose Viliena, former mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, was sentenced Friday, June 20, 2025, to nine years in prison followed ...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday said a former Mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, has been sentenced to nine ...

Jean Morose Viliena, a former Haitian mayor, was sentenced to nine years in a U.S. prison for visa fraud linked to concealing ...

The man at the center of this case is Jean Morose Viliena, a former mayor of Les Irois, a town in southern Haiti. He was ...

Former Haitian mayor Jean Morose Viliena has been sentenced to nine years in a U.S. prison for immigration fraud, having ...

A former mayor in Haiti who helped carry out political killings has been sentenced in the Bay State for immigration fraud.