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Haiti, in contrast, stands trapped between three bleak options: waiting for an international police force that seems increasingly unlikely to arrive; resigning to indefinite rule by gangs; or ...
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 ...
Last week, during an official visit to Ottawa, he was unable to convince Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lead a military intervention into Haiti, and Biden said the U.S. will now need to look to ...
After those attacks, in a video on YouTube, another coalition of nine gangs was announced to be founded in Port-au-Prince in June 2020, which became the "G9 Alliance" led by Chérizier. [40] [55] All of the member gangs had previous links to the ruling PHTK party of President Jovenel Moïse. [65] The coalition is led by Jimmy Chérizier.
More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United ...
Deadly fighting between armed gangs and police escalated in Haiti this week, with gang alliance leader Jimmy Cherizier issuing a call to topple the unelected and largely absent government. The 46 ...
On 2 and 3 March, armed gangs stormed the two largest prisons in Haiti, one in Croix des Bouquets, the other in Port-au-Prince. [12] More than 4,700 inmates escaped. [ 10 ] Police were reported to be undermanned and outgunned by the gangs, with only 9,000 operating in Haiti at the time of the fighting. [ 13 ]
Earlier in the week, former policeman-turned-gang member Jimmy Chérizier, aka Barbecue, took credit for the latest wave of violence, saying in a video shared online that the goal is to “topple ...