Por: CBS News World January 20, 2023
Port-au-Prince — Gang members on the outskirts of the Haitian capital stopped a bus arriving from the Dominican Republic and kidnapped more than two dozen passengers, Dominican new outlets said Thursday. Haitian police said they couldn't confirm how many of the 37 passengers were taken hostage, the owner of the bus line, Roosevelt Jean-Francois, told Haitian media, but Dominican newspapers quoted the neighboring country's defense... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA World January 31, 2023
Jimmy Cherizier, the leader of the “G9 et Famille” gang, talks with members of his gang while taking a ride on the back of a motorcycle in his district of Delmas 6 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 24. Cherizier, best known by his childhood nickname Barbecue, has become the... + más
Lafayette native founded Respire Haiti, a nonprofit that provides education, support, and more | The Advocate
Official: Haiti to seek foreign armed forces to quell chaos | ABC News
The Boston Globe USA World October 19, 2022
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday afternoon on a resolution that would demand an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and impose sanctions on influential gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed... + más
U.S. to help Haiti with gang violence crisis | WPTV
WPTV USA Crime October 15, 2022
LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. — Calls for help have led the United States to send a delegation to Haiti to help with the overwhelming gang violence that has taken over the island nation.“They always send to kill people, to kidnap people and then to take everything from the... + más
Proposed UN resolution would sanction top Haitian gang chief | WPTV
WPTV USA World October 15, 2022
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A standoff between a powerful gang federation and Haiti's government is testing how much power both sides wield and threatens to further derail a paralyzed country where millions of people are struggling to find fuel and water.A former police... + más
Haiti gang makes demands in test of power with government | Los Angeles Times
WPTV USA World October 14, 2022
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is negotiating a resolution that would impose an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban on influential Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed Barbeque.It also would target other Haitian individuals and groups who... + más
Opinion | The New York Times
How a Photo Tells Us Everything We Need to Know About America and Haitian Migrants | The Root
Los Angeles Times USA World October 14, 2022
A standoff between a powerful gang federation and Haiti’s government is testing how much power both sides wield and threatens to further derail a paralyzed country where millions of people are struggling to find fuel and water. A former police officer who leads a gang alliance... + más
Haiti gang makes demands in test of power with government | WPTV
The Advocate USA Entertainment October 10, 2022
At 24 years old, Megan Boudreaux Anderson founded Respire Haiti, a nonprofit created to fight for the freedom of Haiti’s estimated 300,000 child slaves. After moving to Haiti in 2011, Anderson started a feeding program and transformed a barren hillside into a refuge including... + más
Official: Haiti to seek foreign armed forces to quell chaos | Los Angeles Times
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