Haiti's security forces were battling gunmen alleged to have assassinated President Jovenel Moise and have so far killed four of the "mercenaries" in the capital Port-au-Prince, police chief Leon Charles said on Wednesday evening. President Moise was shot dead by unidentified attacke...
Gang violence has soared since the assassination last year of President Jovenel Moise, creating a political vacuum that criminal groups have taken advantage of to expand control over territory. Rights activists in May said a protracted gang confrontation killed nearly 150 people. (Reporting by Harold...
"No. Not at all," replied Clesca. "The gangs became empowered, the gangs were validated, armed, et cetera, by the economic and the political elite." Sincethe assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, Ariel Henry has served as the country's unpopular, unelected prime minister. H...
Jamaica’s prime minister, Andrew Holness has expressed deep shock and condemns the assassination of the leader for the poorest country in the Americas. “It is with regret that the Government and people of Jamaica have learned the shocking and tragic news of the assassination of the President o...
The arrest of a failed Haitian businessman living in Florida who authorities say was a key player in the killing of Haiti’s president deepened the mystery Monday into an already convoluted plot surrounding the assassination.
Colombian inmates accused of participating in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise open a gate inside the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Hundreds of inmates fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight. (AP Phot...
The power of gangs in Haiti has grown since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The surge in killings, rapes and kidnappings has led to a violent uprising by civilian vigilante groups. Haiti’s leaders have asked for a U.N. peacekeeping force,...
A judge investigating the July 2021assassination of President Jovenel Moïseissued a final report on Monday that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti's National Police, Léon Charles, among others. ...
Haiti hasn’t always been a completely disorganized craphole. For now though, the Caribbean island nation shows us a real-time example of just how the veneer of civilization is thinner than most people think. With a bona fide cannibal gang leader now in charge, thugs with guns are the la...
Several factors contributed to the surge in Haitian migrants at the southern border. An earthquake in August claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people and destroyed homes. There was also the collapse of Haiti's government after the president's assassination and the false belief ...