PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Hundreds of inmates have fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight. At least three people were confirmed dead today. The
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Police in Haiti struggle against gangs storming prison in latest surge of violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Police in Haiti urgently appealed for help Saturday night as they struggled to hold back gangs trying to storm the country’s main
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Gunfire paralyzes Haiti as powerful gang leader says he will try to detain police chief, ministers
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Heavy gunfire paralyzed Haiti’s capital Thursday, and at least four police officers were slain, as a powerful gang leader announced that he
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Haitian police spokesman says new gang attacks overwhelmed officers: ‘The city center was at war’
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian police were overwhelmed by a series of coordinated violent attacks by gang members across the capital in which four officers were
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Haiti gang wars block aid routes for most vulnerable, U.N. agency says
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — A recent spike of violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is preventing the World Food Program (WFP) from reaching hundreds of thousands of
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Deadly shootings on day three of Haiti protest
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Five armed environmental protection agents have been killed in Haiti’s capital on the third consecutive day of protests. The Associated Press is an
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Haiti pushes forward with new program to boost police department overwhelmed by gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Henry met for the first time Tuesday with officials from various countries who are part of an international steering
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Gangs in Haiti have attacked a community for 4 days and residents fear the violence could spread
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gang members have raided a key community in Haiti’s capital that is home to numerous police officers and has been under siege
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UN warns that gang violence is overwhelming Haiti’s once peaceful central region
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gangs are invading Haiti’s rural central region, suffocating a once peaceful area that served as the country’s food basket but that is
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Gang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The bullets began piercing the windows of the hospital as women cradling young children ran from room to room searching for a
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