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El Salvador enters November with no homicides

Published on: November 5, 2025
10:21

San Salvador, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador went through November without registering any homicides attributable to gangs, according to reports released by the National Civil Police (PNC).

Haitian gang members perpetrated 24 attacks, leaving 84 dead

Published on: October 14, 2025
12:46

Port-au-Prince, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) Three armed gangs in the Artibonite Valley killed 84 people in 24 attacks and massacres, a fact that demonstrates the lack of state control in this territory of the Caribbean nation.

Haiti’s National Palace appears to be free of gangs

Published on: October 13, 2025
09:51

Port-au-Prince, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) Haiti's National Palace appears to be free of gang control, as an extraordinary cabinet meeting was held without the bandits disrupting the meeting.

Mandate of Security Support Mission in Haiti ends

Published on: October 2, 2025
11:42

Port-au-Prince, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) The mandate of the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti concludes without successfully eradicating the gangs that control 90% of Port-au-Prince.

Haiti highlights foreign troops’ fight against gangs

Published on: September 22, 2025
11:07

Port-au-Prince, Sept 22 (Prensa Latina) The commander of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MMAS) in Haiti, Godfrey Otunge, highlighted the current results of the foreign force in the fight against gangs.

Newly appointed Haitian police chief threatens gang members

Published on: August 9, 2025
10:26

Port-au-Prince, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) Andre Vladimir Paraison, newly appointed director general of Haiti's National Police (PNH), threatened to exterminate the gangs, while the bandits are still determined to occupy 90 percent of the capital.

El Salvador reaches more days without murders

Published on: July 31, 2025
10:01

San Salvador, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador has 29 days without homicides attributable to gangs in the month of July, reported the National Civil Police.

Haiti’s government to allocate more resources to fight gangs

Published on: July 23, 2025
11:43

Port-au-Prince, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The government of Haiti's interim Prime Minister Alix Didier and the Transitional Presidential Council finally agreed Wednesday on the intention to allocate more resources to fighting gangs.

Haiti urgently requests another anti-gang contingent from Kenya

Published on: July 21, 2025
09:40

Port-au-Prince, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina)Haiti asked the U.S. government to urgently send another contingent of Kenyan military to fight the gangs that today control 90 percent of this capital.

Haiti: International sanctions against gangs have no effect

Published on: July 11, 2025
07:49

Port-au-Prince, July 11 (Prensa Latina) Gangs in Haiti continue to expand their power, a clear sign that they care little about the sanctions imposed by the United States and those now adopted by the United Nations (UN), a topic that has been widely discussed since 2022.

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