The Base Gran Grif gang was responsible for the killing of approximately 150 people in two massacres. On Wednesday, the Haitian National Police (PNH) reported that it eliminated 16 members of the armed group Base Gran Grif, identified as responsible for the killing of approximately 150 people in massacres. RELATED: Haiti: Police Forces Kills Right […]

At least 200 people have been killed in Haiti since the past weekend, with a significant number of victims in Cite Soleil, one of the poorest and most violent areas of Port-au-Prince. Related:ALBA-TCP’s 20th Anniversary: President Maduro Highlights Achievements and Reaffirms Commitment to Haiti The office of the Prime Minister of Haiti reported that the […]

According to Susana Sottoli, Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for Latin America and the Caribbean: “94% of women in Haiti are exposed to some form of gender-based violence, and of all the complaints received, about 80% refer to sexual violence”. RELATED:Haiti: Anti-gang Operations Continue in Capital Criminal gangs, which control 80% of […]

The right to legal defense for detainees and the inviolability of telecommunications will remain suspended. On Tuesday night, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly, dominated by the ruling party Nuevas Ideas (NI), approved the thirty-second extension of the “State of Emergency.” RELATED: El Salvador: Trial Against Santa Marta Environmentalists Ends The extension of the state of emergency […]

The helicopter carried 18 people, three crew members and 15 passengers; none were injured.  A UN helicopter was attacked on Thursday by Haitian gang members while flying over the gang-controlled Grand Ravine neighborhood. Related:Africa: the Great Green Wall According to a UN source, the aircraft took off from Port-au-Prince and landed safely back in the […]

‘Those responsible will face justice,” vowed Deputy Police Commissioner Fitz Bailey. On Wednesday, the National Security Ministry declared a state of emergency in the southern Clarendon parish following a series of deadly shootings on Sunday night. RELATED: Haiti: Jamaica Announces Early Police Presence Eight people, including a seven-year-old boy, were killed in separate gun attacks […]

The National Police and the Armed Forces of Ecuador captured on the eve of this Monday eleven members of the criminal gang Los Lobos, two of them minors, following an armed confrontation at a mining camp in the southern Ecuadorian Andes. RELATED:Ecuador: Forest Fire Affects Some 120 Hectares in Azuay Province The confrontation took place […]

A first detachment of 400 Kenyan troops arrived on 25 June, but the Caribbean nations that are closer to Haiti and committed to the security support mission have yet to disembark here, and the reasons for their delay are not yet known.

This operation came a day after a second contingent of Kenyan police arrived in Haiti, accompanied by at least eight of the new armoured vehicles

Recently, the AGD reported that a shipment of arms seized here came from the United States, a country considered to be one of those responsible for the trafficking of these weapons in the Caribbean country.