In the days following the group's initial arrest, Dominican Jorge Puello represented some of the detainees, falsely portraying himself as a lawyer. Caleb Stegall, an attorney representing Culberth, McMullin, and the Thompsons, stated, “My clients have never met Mr. Puello and know nothing about him.” Judge Saint-Vil said he had questioned Silsby about what connection she might have with Puello.[30] Puello later acknowledged that he is under investigation for sex trafficking in El Salvador and wanted in the United States for smuggling people across the Canada–US border. Puello was incarcerated for short terms in both Canada and the US.[31][32] He was arrested in the Dominican Republic on March 18, 2010.[33] On August 18, 2010, the Dominican Supreme Court authorized Puello's extradition to the United States where he was sentenced to 37 months of prison in June 2011.[34][35]
From Jorge Puello’s info, you see this link:
Zoé's Ark (French: L'Arche de Zoé) is a French charity organization with the aim of increasing awareness of the crisis in Darfur and providing aid for children affected by the conflict. The organization was brought into the public's awareness in 2007 with the arrest of six members and 11 others in Abéché, Chad accused of abducting 103 African children.
And:
On Tuesday, 30 October 2007, six members of the charity organization Zoé's Ark were formally charged by the government of Chad for child abduction. Three journalists, seven Spanish[3] flight crew members, and four Chadian and Sudanese nationals, including two Chadian officials, were also charged for complicity. Despite the group's claim that the children were orphans from Darfur who were being taken to be fostered in France, most of the children have been found to be Chadian, and to have at least one living parent or guardian.[1] French president Nicolas Sarkozy successfully negotiated the dropping of charges and release of the journalists and flight crew members prior to trial. Six members of the group were convicted on 26 December 2007 and sentenced to eight years of forced labor, although under an accord between Chad and France they will serve their sentences in France, which has no forced labor in its penal system.[4] Each of the six was also ordered to pay each of the 103 victims restitution equal to approximately $87,000, which amounts to $8.9M total.[5] The founder, Eric Breteau, is among the six. A Chadian national and a Sudanese national were each also sentenced to four years. The two Chadian officials were acquitted.[3] In March 2008 the president of Chad pardoned the convicted aid-workers. They were then released from the prisons in France.[6][7]
I mean, I knew of this story, and think I have read about it in the past. But I never really followed it. It does go really deep. And as a reminder, this is Wikipedia, and they always work to protect the Democrat masters. I can only imagine how bad it really was/is
From the page, info about Jorge Purllo:
In the days following the group's initial arrest, Dominican Jorge Puello represented some of the detainees, falsely portraying himself as a lawyer. Caleb Stegall, an attorney representing Culberth, McMullin, and the Thompsons, stated, “My clients have never met Mr. Puello and know nothing about him.” Judge Saint-Vil said he had questioned Silsby about what connection she might have with Puello.[30] Puello later acknowledged that he is under investigation for sex trafficking in El Salvador and wanted in the United States for smuggling people across the Canada–US border. Puello was incarcerated for short terms in both Canada and the US.[31][32] He was arrested in the Dominican Republic on March 18, 2010.[33] On August 18, 2010, the Dominican Supreme Court authorized Puello's extradition to the United States where he was sentenced to 37 months of prison in June 2011.[34][35]
From Jorge Puello’s info, you see this link:
Zoé's Ark (French: L'Arche de Zoé) is a French charity organization with the aim of increasing awareness of the crisis in Darfur and providing aid for children affected by the conflict. The organization was brought into the public's awareness in 2007 with the arrest of six members and 11 others in Abéché, Chad accused of abducting 103 African children.
And:
On Tuesday, 30 October 2007, six members of the charity organization Zoé's Ark were formally charged by the government of Chad for child abduction. Three journalists, seven Spanish[3] flight crew members, and four Chadian and Sudanese nationals, including two Chadian officials, were also charged for complicity. Despite the group's claim that the children were orphans from Darfur who were being taken to be fostered in France, most of the children have been found to be Chadian, and to have at least one living parent or guardian.[1] French president Nicolas Sarkozy successfully negotiated the dropping of charges and release of the journalists and flight crew members prior to trial. Six members of the group were convicted on 26 December 2007 and sentenced to eight years of forced labor, although under an accord between Chad and France they will serve their sentences in France, which has no forced labor in its penal system.[4] Each of the six was also ordered to pay each of the 103 victims restitution equal to approximately $87,000, which amounts to $8.9M total.[5] The founder, Eric Breteau, is among the six. A Chadian national and a Sudanese national were each also sentenced to four years. The two Chadian officials were acquitted.[3] In March 2008 the president of Chad pardoned the convicted aid-workers. They were then released from the prisons in France.[6][7]
I mean, I knew of this story, and think I have read about it in the past. But I never really followed it. It does go really deep. And as a reminder, this is Wikipedia, and they always work to protect the Democrat masters. I can only imagine how bad it really was/is
Edit: typo/autocorrect
Bonkers that info like this is on wikipedia. Imagine the connections left out.