The one-time ‘king’ of one of Haiti’s most violent criminal gang, already looking at spending 35 years in a U.S. prison for ...

Germine Joly, once one of the most powerful gang leaders in Haiti — even when he was behind prison bars — has been found guilty of kidnapping 16 U.S.

A U.S. jury has found a once powerful Haitian gang leader guilty of organizing the kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens in 2021 and holding them hostage for more than two months.

Haiti Defense Minister Jean Michel Moïse warns that the country is on the brink of being fully controlled by gangs.

Haitian gang leader Joly Germine was convicted on all charges for the 2021 kidnapping of 16 American missionaries.

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The designation comes as gang violence surges in Haiti. More than 1,600 people have been killed from January to March, and another 580 were injured, according to the U.N. political mission in Haiti.

Gangs have attacked another town in Haiti’s central region, killing at least four people, including an 11-year-old child, a human rights activist told The Associated Press on Monday. At least 15 ...