Port-au-Prince. Crowds of people fled one of the few communities in Haiti’s capital that had not previously been taken over by gangs on Thursday, part of a surge in violence this week as gangs take advantage of the country’s political turmoil. Families frantically packed mattresses and furniture into cars and carried their belongings on their … Read more
San Salvador. Some 2,500 uniformed officers, including soldiers and police, surrounded a neighborhood on the outskirts of San Salvador this Monday to arrest gang members, President Nayib Bukele reported. The siege began during the early hours of the morning “with 2,000 soldiers and 500 police officers, to extract every last gang member found in the … Read more
Port-au-Prince. Police in Haiti on Monday clashed with an armed group that tried to take over one of the few communities in the capital, Port-au-Prince, that is not controlled by gangs. The community of Solino has been under attack since Thursday, when residents called radio stations for help while fleeing their homes. Agents have taken … Read more
There is no complaint or proof that Haitian immigrants in Ohio have eaten any of their white neighbors’ pets, a hoax spread by presidential candidate Donald Trump and supported by the entire media network that is responsible for promoting the former president’s campaign. . Where there may be no pets left is in Haiti itself. … Read more
Montevideo. The United Nations Office in Haiti (UN Haiti) reported this Friday that in the recent massacre perpetrated by a gang in Pont Sondé, 70 people died, triple the number initially reported, including three babies. “We are horrified by the gang attacks on Thursday in Pont Sondé, Artibonita department, in Haiti. Members of the Gran … Read more
The last time we heard anything about Alejandro Muyshondt was in February of this year, when two photos circulated of his corpse with crude serpentine needle stitches clumsily joining folds of his scalp; and others running along his neck and chest. We hesitate. We wonder if that evidence of fatal damage, that clumsy forensic intervention, … Read more
Bogota. The spiral of city violence that’s ravaging numerous cities in Colombia claimed the lives of three different younger folks this morning within the southwestern metropolis of Cartago, cyclically hit by actions of drug cartels. In response to official sources, the younger folks have been chatting in a home in a marginal neighborhood of town … Read more
United Nations, United States. Nearly 100,000 people fled the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince in the last month due to the intensification of attacks by armed gangs, the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced Friday. According to data collected at the most used bus stations, the IOM found that between March 8 and April … Read more
Europol’s list of “most threatening” criminal gangs in the EU includes 821 gangs. One hundred of them are active in our country. “We know who they are and how they are organised,” says Europol boss Catherine De Bolle. The most threatening criminal networks in the European Union are mainly concerned with human smuggling, drug trafficking … Read more
Violence Another serious shooting took place in Vorst, Brussels, on Tuesday night. Two people were injured. In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, another shooting took place around 1 am in the Fierlantstraat in Vorst, near the infamous Sint-Antoniusplein. According to initial information, it is another feud between gangs and four masked men were involved. … Read more