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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.

Haitian Gangs continue to challenge the State

Published on: July 7, 2025
10:52

Port-au-Prince, July 7 (Prensa Latina) The coalition of nearly 10 gangs called Viv Ansanm in Haiti continues to expand in an open challenge to State power.

Haiti: Gangs continue to defy the State

Published on: July 7, 2025
08:24

Port-au-Prince, July 7 (Prensa Latina) The coalition of nearly 10 gangs called Viv Ansanm in Haiti continues to expand in an open confrontation to state power.

Future presence of mercenaries will generate controversy in Haiti

Published on: May 30, 2025
13:08

Port-au-Prince, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The future presence of mercenaries in Haiti will generate controversy in the country, where the gangs that today control more than 85% of this capital brought the government to the brink of desperation.

Over 1,600 dead in only three months in Haiti

Published on: May 2, 2025
08:56

Port-au-Prince, May 2 (Prensa Latina) The violence carried out by a coalition of gangs in Haiti today keeps a society terrified by the death of more than 1,600 people in only three months.

Haiti’s journalistic association returns to mourning

Published on: April 25, 2025
10:31

Port-au-Prince, Apr 25 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian journalistic association returns to mourning after the death of Radio Megastar reporter Germain Lucien, who was covering the violent events in the capital's Pacot district.

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