Haiti’s surge in gang violence has led thousands to flee the capital People look for salvageable pieces from burned cars at a mechanic shop that was set on fire during violence by armed gangs in ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report ...

Haiti has sent 150 soldiers to Mexico for training in the latest effort to fight back gangs that have gained almost entire ...

Between October 2024 and June 2025, 4,864 people have been killed in Haiti amid worsening gang violence nationwide. Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas accounted for more than 1,000 of the deaths.

Violence in Haiti is escalating sharply, with gang activity reaching new levels across the country. According to a new report from the United Nations, the surge began in October 2024 and has continued ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gunfire erupted as thousands of protesters in Haiti clashed with police on Wednesday as they denounced a surge in gang violence and demanded that the government keep ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons ...

Lionel Lazarre, deputy spokesman for Haiti’s National Police, did not return messages for comment. Neither did officials with Kenya’s mission when asked about the surge in gang violence.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March, the U.N. children’s agency said this week as the Caribbean country struggles to curb ...

WATCH: Brutal wave of gang violence leaves 1.4 million Haitians on brink of starvation More than 60 percent are headed to Haiti’s rural southern region, which worries U.N. officials.

Haiti’s surge in gang violence has led more than 53,000 to flee the capital in less than three weeks By EVENS SANON The Associated Press,Updated April 3, 2024, 1:29 a.m.