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Normally, this street in Petionville, Haiti, would be clogged with traffic. But rampant kidnappings and mounting gang violence have made Haitians reluctant to take to the streets.
Haiti’s prime minister was last seen in Puerto Rico, negotiating his return to a homeland gripped by violence and controlled by heavily armed gangsters. With his fate in the air and the ...
Before Saturday’s attacks, Haiti’s prisons held 11,940 inmates, and most of the facilities are overcrowded. The women’s prison, at the northern edge of the capital, was taken over by gangs ...
(Reuters) -Suspected gang members were killed during an attack on the Petion-Ville neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Haiti's capital, as a clash with police and locals pointed to a ...
A gruesome hours-long gang attack in Haiti a couple of days ago left dozens dead, torching homes and cars, while forcing thousands more to run for their lives, in the latest blow to a country that ...
"400 Mawozo": The largest gang in Haiti, mainly based in Croix-des-Bouquets, Ganthier and in Port-au-Prince's Tabarre and Pétion-Ville. It has branches in Gros-Morne and the Dominican Republic and has a waiting list for aspiring members. It largely consists of deportees, former leaders of opposition groups, former smugglers and police officers.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti is once again facing a wave of chaos fueled by ongoing gang wars, which have spiraled since the 2021 assassination of the country’s president. As gangs ...
Rape—which only became a criminal offense in Haiti in 2005—is being used by gangs as a means of humiliating those living in rival gang neighborhoods. Abortion is illegal in Haiti, so rape victims are legally required to carry any resulting pregnancy to term [ 109 ] in a country with one of the highest mortality rates for mothers outside of ...