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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 ...
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.
Americans in Haiti have been looking for weeks for ways to escape the country after airports closed down and armed gangs roam streets amid unrest. American missionary Jill Dolan said , "We hear 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 ...
Armed gangs attacked Haiti’s National Penitentiary on Saturday, allowing several notorious gang leaders and other prisoners to escape the vastly overcrowded facility, a high-level police source ...
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 ]
"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.
Carnage on the streets of Port-au-Prince as world stalls on a promised intervention for Haiti Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Harold Isaac and Evelio Contreras, CNN March 22, 2024 at 2:42 AM