Two men from Texas have been charged with an alleged plot involving “invading an island off Haiti, murdering the men on the island, and using the women and children as sex slaves,” according to a Justice Department announcement. Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, of Allen, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, of Argyle were named in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas charging them with conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country and production of child pornography. Information presented in court indicates that between August 2024 and July 2025, Weisenburg and Thomas are alleged to have conspired to recruit and lead an unlawful expeditionary force to the Island of Gonave, which is part of the Republic of Haiti, for the purpose of carrying out their rape fantasies. Weisenburg and Thomas planned to purchase a sailboat, firearms, and ammunition, then recruit members of the District of Columbia-area homeless population to serve as a mercenary force as they invaded Gonave Island and staged a coup d’etat. Weisenburg and Thomas intended to murder all of the men on the island so that they could then turn all of the women and children into their sex slaves. Weisenburg and Thomas are also charged with production of child pornography in a related count in the indictment. They face up to life in federal prison if convicted of the conspiracy to murder, maim or kidnap in a foreign country charges. They separately face up to 30 years — and at least 15 — if convicted on the child porn counts.