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United Nations imposes sanctions on more gangs in Haiti amid growing violence
Haiti's most powerful gang coalition and another criminal armed group operating in the country's breadbasket have been added ...
Violent criminal gangs have 'near-total control' of nation's capital, UN says
Haiti's criminal gangs have exerted "near-total control" over the capital, as escalating violence pushes the Caribbean nation ...
Vigilantes once fought Haiti’s gangs. Now it’s hard to tell them apart.
Arnold Junior Pierre, a journalist for Radio Galaxie, was on his way to the station in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince ...
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Haiti's gang crisis: How it came to be and what's happening now
With Haiti in the grips of gang violence, 'extremely generous' US diaspora lends a hand. Why is Haiti a failed state? Gangs now control much of the capital following President Jovenel Moïse's ...
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Haiti’s Gangs Grow Stronger as Kenyan-Led Force Prepares to Deploy
Haitian gangs appear to be using weapons also used by the Gulf Clan, a Colombian cartel, which operates along the country’s Caribbean coastline and uses neighboring countries to traffic cocaine.
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Barbecue, one of Haiti's most notorious gang leaders, talks to NPR. : NPR
And Jimmy Chérizier, known as Babekyou in Haitian Creole — or Barbecue — is one of the most powerful and notorious gang leaders. He heads the G9 federation of gangs .
‘We cannot leave Haiti to the mercy of gangs’ — Holness
Chair, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has made it clear that while international momentum to support Haiti has slowed, ...
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Haitian Vigilantes Fighting Gangs Have Become a 'Significant Source Of Human Rights Abuses'
Groups of Haitian vigilantes fighting gangs are allegedly committing the same abuses they are claiming to fight against, ...