Mar 13, 2024 · There are believed to be about 200 armed gangs operating in Haiti, about half of which have a presence in Port-au-Prince. In the capital, there are two major gang coalitions.

By 2022, researchers estimated that about 200 gangs operated across Haiti. Of these, half were located in Port-au-Prince. The more influential gangs control large swathes of territory, including entire municipalities and communes. [49]

Mar 12, 2024 · Internationally, Cherizier is known as Haiti’s most powerful and feared gang leader, sanctioned by the United Nations for “serious human rights abuses,” and the man behind a fuel blockade that brought the Caribbean nation to its knees in late 2022.

Mar 4, 2024 · Here we take a closer look at how gangs have come to dominate huge swathes of the capital and, increasingly, of rural areas of this Caribbean country. Armed groups have long played a bloody...

Mar 7, 2024 · Haiti, a Caribbean nation with a long history of upheaval, is enduring one of its worst periods of chaos. Gangs have shut down the airport; looted seaports, public buildings and shops; and...

Mar 7, 2024 · Feb. 29, 2024 — Haitian gangs carry out a series of coordinated attacks across Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, killing at least four police officers. Powerful gang leader Jimmy Chérizier,...

Gangs in Haiti go as far back as the Tonton Makout of the Duvalier Regime. But with more guns available and less government checking them, today’s neighborhood-based gangs have outsized influence on not only their communities, but the entire country.

Apr 4, 2024 · From Russian AK-47s and United States-made AR-15s to Israeli Galil assault rifles, a spike in trafficking increasingly sophisticated weaponry has gripped Haiti since...

Mar 7, 2024 · Feb. 29, 2024 — Haitian gangs carry out a series of coordinated attacks across Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, killing at least four police officers. Powerful gang leader Jimmy Chérizier, better known as Barbecue, claims responsibility for the attacks.

Mar 4, 2024 · Here we take a closer look at how gangs have come to dominate huge swathes of the capital and, increasingly, of rural areas of this Caribbean country. Armed groups have long played a bloody...