US designates two powerful Haitian gangs as terrorist groups
Rubio calls Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif ‘threat to US national security’ and says support for groups could lead to charges The United States has...
Category : Gangs
Haiti nearing ‘point of no return’ amid gang violence, UN representative warns
María Isabel Salvador tells security council the country could face ‘total chaos’ without necessary international aid Haiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent...
‘He is not a gang member’: outrage as US deports makeup artist to El Salvador prison for crown tattoos
Andry José Hernández Romero sent to an El Salvador prison after claim ‘crown’ tattoos proved he was a gang member For as long as anyone...
More than a million Haitians forced from their homes amid gang violence
UN agency says more than half of the displaced people are children, as gang attacks see upswing in Port-au-Prince More than 1 million people have...
Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency after weekend of violence
A spate of murders has taken the Caribbean nation’s total to 623 in 2024, of which nearly half were gang related and almost all linked...
Jamaica declares state of emergency after eight killed in weekend shootings
Two attacks in Clarendon killed eight and injured nine as government looks to focus on gang violence Jamaica’s prime minister has issued a 14-day state...
Haiti gang kills US politician’s missionary daughter and her husband
Missouri state representative Ben Baker’s daughter and her husband were reportedly ambushed when leaving a church The daughter and son-in-law of a US Republican politician...
Haiti’s capital paralysed by gunfire as gang boss threatens police chief and ministers
Airport among targets in Port-au-Prince as Jimmy Chérizier, known as ‘Barbecue’, vows to capture top officials in PM’s absence Heavy gunfire paralyzed Haiti’s capital on...
Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV station shot and killed
Police arrest two after César Suárez killed in brazen daylight attack in Guayaquil amid dramatic recent surge in violence How Ecuador was plunged into chaos...
