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

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. citizens who worked in Haiti as missionaries.

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.

Commuters pass by police patrolling an intersection in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) ...

The self-described “king” of the notoriously violent Haitian gang known as 400 Mawozo ... prosecutors argued in the trial. The kidnapped group comprised 12 adults and five children, including ...

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

Shaken by insecurity and forced to suspend its print edition, Le Nouvelliste has shifted to digital, aiming to retain its ...

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Over the years, I’ve been at Guantánamo during two presidential inaugurations, a few hurricane warnings, and a couple of my ...

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially ...

Introduced by Curtis and colleagues, the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act would set sanctions on criminal gangs and ...