Johnny Jean

The search for Haitian victim Johnny Jean

The video of an alleged sexual attack on a Haitian teenager by United Nations peacekeepers from Uruguay went viral months ago; it is everywhere.

Even so, finding the young man who claims to be the victim of the assault seemed like it would be a mammoth task for us in Haiti. This is not the kind of place where you can flip through a phone book or call an operator for help.

Haiti has no solid infrastructure, so I was more than a little surprised when my producer called and told me "We found him".

Tracking down Johnny Jean took less than an hour, a testament to our local staff and a slap in the face for the Uruguayan investigators who claim they can not find him.

Without his testimony, they say, allegations against their soldiers will not be pursued. But that was not the end of the surprises.