/tags/gang-violence gang violence en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:26:44 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2026-03-30/central-haitian-town-descends-into-fire-and-bloodshed-from-gang-warfare Violence erupted in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l'Artibonite early Sunday morning as a powerful gang warred with a vigilante group. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:26:44 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2026-03-30/central-haitian-town-descends-into-fire-and-bloodshed-from-gang-warfare Evens Sanon | Associated Press /americas/2026-03-03/haiti-opens-registration-for-what-would-be-the-1st-election-in-a-decade Haiti's government has opened a 10-day registration period for political parties to run in an upcoming general election. It is a key step for a country that hasn't held one in more than a decade as deadly gang violence persists. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:41:50 GMT /americas/2026-03-03/haiti-opens-registration-for-what-would-be-the-1st-election-in-a-decade Evens Sanon | Associated Press /americas/2026-01-29/haiti-sexual-violence-and-abuse-gang-violence The number of sexual abuse cases being treated at a clinic in Haiti’s capital has tripled in the past four years as gang violence surges across the troubled Caribbean country. Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:17:39 GMT /americas/2026-01-29/haiti-sexual-violence-and-abuse-gang-violence Danica Coto| Associated Press /americas/2025-08-12/us-grand-jury-indicts-one-of-haitis-most-powerful-gang-leaders-and-one-of-his-friends A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders — Jimmy ChĂ©rizier, best known as “Barbecue” —and a U.S. citizen for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities. Tue, 12 Aug 2025 21:14:04 GMT /americas/2025-08-12/us-grand-jury-indicts-one-of-haitis-most-powerful-gang-leaders-and-one-of-his-friends Danica Coto and Joshua Goodman | Associated Press /americas/2025-04-01/haiti-doesnt-make-guns-so-how-are-gangs-awash-in-them Federal authorities in several countries have recently nabbed several caches of weapons headed to Haiti, but armed violence continues to rise there. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:41:58 GMT /americas/2025-04-01/haiti-doesnt-make-guns-so-how-are-gangs-awash-in-them David C. Adams and Frances Robles | The New York Times /americas/2025-03-15/what-is-tren-de-aragua Despite the many unknowns about its true size or sophistication in the United States, Tren de Aragua has emerged as a real source of concern for law enforcement in the last couple of years. Sun, 16 Mar 2025 02:54:56 GMT /americas/2025-03-15/what-is-tren-de-aragua Eve Sampson | The New York Times /americas/2025-01-22/haiti-gang-sexual-violence-doctors-without-borders 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. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /americas/2025-01-22/haiti-gang-sexual-violence-doctors-without-borders Tim Padgett /americas/2024-09-30/hunger-in-haiti-reaches-famine-levels-as-gangs-squeeze-life-out-of-the-capital-and-beyond A new report has found that nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse, as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:14:48 GMT /americas/2024-09-30/hunger-in-haiti-reaches-famine-levels-as-gangs-squeeze-life-out-of-the-capital-and-beyond Dánica Coto | Associated Press /americas/2024-09-25/tren-de-aragua-gang-venezuela Law enforcement authorities across the U.S. are increasingly focused on a Venezuelan gang behind a spate of violent crimes. The Tren de Aragua traces its origin more than a decade ago to an infamously lawless prison. Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:53:48 GMT /americas/2024-09-25/tren-de-aragua-gang-venezuela Joshua Goodman | Associated Press /npr-breaking-news/2024-07-02/gang-violence-in-haiti-has-displaced-300-000-children-the-united-nations-says Children are more than half of the nearly 580,000 people who have become homeless in the last four months, the U.N.'s children agency said. Tue, 02 Jul 2024 06:00:39 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2024-07-02/gang-violence-in-haiti-has-displaced-300-000-children-the-united-nations-says The Associated Press