Soldiers from El Salvador arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs | AP …
9 hours ago · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A military contingent from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help fight gangs …
US has frozen funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti …
7 hours ago · The mission works alongside Haiti’s National Police, which is severely underfunded and understaffed and has received millions of dollars from the U.S. government in recent …
Who are Haiti’s gangs and what do they want? All you need to …
Mar 13, 2024 · There are believed to be about 200 armed gangs operating in Haiti, about half of which have a presence in Port-au-Prince. In the capital, there are two major gang coalitions.
Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that's home to the …
1 day ago · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Heavily armed gangs in Haiti have attacked a neighborhood that's home to most of the country's elite and had been largely untouched by …
Gang war in Haiti - Wikipedia
By 2022, researchers estimated that about 200 gangs operated across Haiti. Of these, half were located in Port-au-Prince. The more influential gangs control large swathes of territory, …
Haiti gangs: The spiralling power of criminal groups - BBC
Mar 4, 2024 · Here we take a closer look at how gangs have come to dominate huge swathes of the capital and, increasingly, of rural areas of this Caribbean country. Armed groups have long …
Who Are the Gangs That Have Overrun Haiti’s Capital? - The New York Times
Mar 7, 2024 · Haiti, a Caribbean nation with a long history of upheaval, is enduring one of its worst periods of chaos. Gangs have shut down the airport; looted seaports, public buildings and …
Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power.
Mar 12, 2024 · Internationally, Cherizier is known as Haiti’s most powerful and feared gang leader, sanctioned by the United Nations for “serious human rights abuses,” and the man …
Haiti gangs: More than 50,000 flee capital after surge in violence - BBC
Apr 3, 2024 · Tens of thousands of people have fled the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, to escape a surge in gang violence over the past weeks. UN figures suggest more than 53,000 left the …
Gang violence is tearing Haiti apart. Here’s what to know
Aug 2, 2023 · Over the past two years, warring gangs in Port-au-Prince have visited terror upon the country’s vital port city with rape, torture and killing as they vie for territorial control....