Colombian president visits southern Haiti as country battles surge in gang violence
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is visiting Haiti as part of a whirlwind trip to strengthen ties with the violence-wracked country.
Gang violence in Haiti at record levels amid criticisms US has no 'clear strategy'
Gang violence in Haiti has led to the displacement of more than 700,000 people, forcing them to flee their homes for safety. Critics fault U.S. strategy amid escalating unrest.
Doctors Without Borders urges world to 'step up the response' to gang sexual violence in Haiti
Now that Doctors Without Borders teams are back in Haiti and can again treat the burgeoning number of gang sexual violence victims, the nonprofit has launched a media campaign to raise global awareness of that horrific plague.
Haiti has 1 million displaced people, mostly from gang violence. It’s tripled over the past year
The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement within Haiti has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people.
More than 1 million people displaced by raging Haiti gang violence, UN says
More than a million people, over half of them children, are now displaced within Haiti where gang violence continues unabated despite the start of a United Nations-backed security mission last year, U.
UN warns Haiti in need of urgent international support amid gang violence rise
The United Nations chief issued a warning in a report released on Wednesday about the escalating threat posed by gangs in Haiti, emphasizing that without additional international support for the
Violence erupts after police in Jamaica kill a top gang leader they had sought for years
Police in Jamaica have killed a top gang leader whose death has unleashed a violent backlash near the capital of Kingston as authorities were placed under an extreme threat level ...
5 men sentenced to death for gang rape and murder of teen
Five men were sentenced to death for the gang rape and murder of a teenager as well as the killing of her father and toddler-aged niece.
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RICO cases highlight generations of gang violence traced back to one shooting
A federal criminal complaint connects decades of gang violence to a shooting at a Minneapolis house party in May 2004.
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18th Street Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years for Triple Shooting in Rockville, Maryland
A member of the 18th Street gang, notorious for its violent activities ranging from assault to murder, received a 40-year federal prison sentence for a triple shooting in Rockville, Maryland, that ...
Colombian drug gang violence kills 60 people
Attacks between guerrilla groups have also seen thousands displaced from the country's Catatumbo region.
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UN migration agency says gang violence in Haiti leads to tripling of internally displaced people
GENEVA — The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement in Haiti, largely caused by gang violence, has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people — a record in the ...