In May, vigilantes rampaged across a town in the countryside, Haitian media reported, torching buildings, attacking a church and beheading worshipers, seemingly at random. In November, vigilantes ...

Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across ...

More than 1.3 million people have been displaced in Haiti as surging gang violence, lawlessness, and impunity expose the ...

Haiti's criminal gangs have exerted "near-total control" over the capital, as escalating violence pushes the Caribbean nation ...

The Trump administration is using Haiti’s “widespread” gang violence, along with the State Department’s recent decision to ...

One of Haiti’s staunchest advocates in Congress wants to force the Trump administration to come up with a clear U.S. strategy ...

With Haiti in the grips of gang violence, 'extremely generous' US diaspora lends a hand. Why is Haiti a failed state? Gangs now control much of the capital following President Jovenel Moïse's ...

Kenya marked a year since its first batch of police landed in the Haitian capital to help control gang violence. The first ...

SEAL, as gang violence surges. Prince advises on security strategies to restore order and support police efforts.

Haitian gangs appear to be using weapons also used by the Gulf Clan, a Colombian cartel, which operates along the country’s Caribbean coastline and uses neighboring countries to traffic cocaine.

And Jimmy Chérizier, known as Babekyou in Haitian Creole — or Barbecue — is one of the most powerful and notorious gang leaders. He heads the G9 federation of gangs .

Haiti's gangs have always been deadly. But now at least one group is portraying itself as a paramilitary force, with more weapons, equipment and uniforms than ever before.