November 1, 2026
Esther Thomas, alias “Nice B,” wanted by the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) in connection with the assassination of Baby Love, has now appeared publicly alongside Wilson Joseph, alias “Lanmò San Jou,” in Croix-des-Bouquets. Just four days after the wanted notice issued by the PNH, a live broadcast on September 9 showed her in the stronghold of the 400 Mawozo gang leader, giving this affair the appearance of an open challenge to police and judicial authorities.
The paradox is striking: on September 5, the government commissioner at the Court of First Instance of Croix-des-Bouquets, Guy Alexis, asked the DCPJ, the DDO II, and the Tabarre police station to search for, apprehend, and bring Esther Thomas before the prosecutor’s office. The DCPJ then published its own wanted notice targeting her for assassination, attempted assassination, and criminal association, while a similar notice concerns Darlens Duclona, alias “Enspektè Tèt Kale.”
Yet the person the police are asking the public to help locate calmly appears on social media from an area controlled by a gang leader. This sequence primarily exposes a weakness that has become difficult to hide: an institution capable of publishing wanted notices, but seemingly incapable of apprehending wanted individuals when they are at the very heart of territories controlled by armed groups.
For a population already deeply skeptical of the DCPJ and the PNH, the image is disastrous: operations against vulnerable targets can result in spectacular arrests, but faced with powerful criminal networks, the State still appears to be finding its footing.
