PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — It’s been a terrifying week for the people of Haiti, where gun battles between gangs and the police have gripped the capital,
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Rushing home on a rerouted jet, Haiti’s prime minister is pressured by U.S. to resign
SAN JUAN — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry was attempting to fly home on Tuesday to a country in crisis, returning from a critical diplomatic
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Haiti’s Prime Minister Surfaces in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry arrived in Puerto Rico Tuesday after his plane was denied entry into the Dominican Republic. The Associated
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Haiti has deployed its army; troops joined police to push back gang takeover of airport
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A group of armed gangs attempted to take over Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport on Monday, launching an armed attack against the facility
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Biden rejects U.S. troop deployment to Haiti as crisis spirals
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will not send U.S. troops to Haiti to help its national police respond to a rapidly evolving security crisis, as
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‘French Connection’ cocaine felon gets 10 years in prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who tried to smuggle 190 pounds of cocaine into the territory got 10 years in prison from a
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Two BVI cocaine smugglers get nearly 5 years in prison
CHRISTIANSTED – Two British Virgin Islands citizens who were caught smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine on a boat near St. Croix got nearly five years in
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Former St. Croix Chamber of Commerce President charged with ‘misusing’ $500K in COVID relief funds
CHRISTIANSTED — Prosecutors allege that the co-owners of St. Croix-based Island Services Group used emergency federal financial assistance meant to help American businesses impacted by
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Police Investigating Kidnapping of 2 Men In Peter’s Rest
CHRISTIANSTED – Virgin Islands Police are asking for the public’s assistance as they investigate a kidnapping of two men in a luxury SUV that took
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Murder Suspect Captured at Boat Ramp off Tropaco Point in Hull Bay
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man suspected of killing his father this morning is in custody following a manhunt on the Northside of St. Thomas, authorities
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