Who are Haiti’s gangs and what do they want? All you need to …
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.
Gang war in Haiti - Wikipedia
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. [47]
Who Are the Gangs That Have Overrun Haiti’s Capital? - The New York Times
Mar 7, 2024 · Gangs have shut down the airport; looted seaports, public buildings and shops; and attacked nearly a dozen police stations. Roads are blocked, cutting off the food supply, and 4,600 inmates were...
Haiti gangs: The spiralling power of criminal groups - BBC
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 role...
A Timeline of Haiti's Gang Violence and How the Country Got to …
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,...
Haiti’s gangs inflict ‘extreme brutality’ as casualties rise – UN ...
Oct 30, 2024 · At least 106 extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions were carried out by law enforcement officials, including six children aged 10 or younger, the report from the UN’s Integrated Office in...
A timeline of Haiti's gang violence and how the country got to …
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.
Haiti: On patrol with UN forces inside gang warzone - BBC
Haiti has been engulfed in a wave of gang violence since the assassination in 2021 of the then-president, Jovenel Moïse, and now an estimated 85% of the capital is under gang control.
Haiti: Gangs have ‘more firepower than the police’ - UN News
Apr 4, 2024 · Some of Haiti’s gangs have bigger arsenals than the police as criminal groups are becoming “stronger, richer and more autonomous” by using arms trafficking to fuel their growth, according to UN...
Why Everything Changed in Haiti: The Gangs United
Mar 14, 2024 · Even as gangs terrorized Haiti, kidnapped civilians en masse and killed at will, the country’s embattled prime minister held on to power for years. Then, in a matter of days, everything changed.