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Dear Haiti, our Kenyan police are a problem

Haiti's gangs say they are gearing up for war as hundreds of police officers from Kenya prepare to deploy in upcoming days. Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as it welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking the Caribbean country.

Gang leaders in Haiti say ready for war as Kenyan police prepare to deploy

Federal prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for the leader of a notorious Haitian gang who has pleaded guilty to facilitating the purchase and smuggling of high-powered weapons from Florida to Haiti. The firearms, the U.S. government said, were bought with the ransom proceeds of U.S. citizens taken hostage in Haiti.

U.S. seeks life in prison for Haiti gang leader ‘Yonyon’ for role in weapons smuggling

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Key West, FL

The Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — A group of more than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the lower Florida Keys on early morning Wednesday, local and federal officials said. The boat arrived about 100 yards (91 meters) away from a condominium in Key West at 4:00 a.m., and shortly after that law enforcement officers arrived to the scene, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said. Most of the 118 migrants were male, but the group also included women and children, the Sheriff’s Office said.

More than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the Florida Keys

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking the Caribbean country. A couple hundred police officers from Kenya met early Wednesday with Prime Minister Garry Conille as they prepare...

Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs

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Joly Germine, the self-anointed king of the 400 Mawozo Haitian gang responsible for the high-profile kidnapping of American missionaries in 2021, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for smuggling U.S. weapons.

Haitian gang leader known for kidnapping Americans for ransom gets 35 years

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(Reuters) -A Miami court on Monday sentenced Germine "Yonyon" Joly, a former leader of the notorious Haitian gang 400 Mawozo, to 35 years in prison for his role in laundering kidnapping ransoms and illegally trafficking U.S. firearms to Haiti, the Justice Department said in a statement.

US court sentences Haiti ex-gang leader to 35 years in prison

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At least a dozen FBI agents deployed high-powered weaponry while swarming a North Miami Beach home in a possible raid Tuesday morning, reports say. The agency confirmed to the Miami Herald that it was conducting “court-ordered law enforcement activity” in the 3900 block of Northeast 171 Street. Specifics on the activity are unclear.

FBI swarms a North Miami Beach home with military machines and stun grenades: reports

Since February, Haiti has been facing an unprecedented political and security crisis. The country is ravaged by gang violence, with 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince under the control of gangs accused of countless atrocities. The airport, which had been closed for three months, has just reopened. But it's still extremely tough to get humanitarian aid into Haiti. In the United States, where more than a million Haitians live, the diaspora lives in daily fear of receiving bad news from their loved ones left behind. FRANCE 24's Fanny Allard reports.

Haiti's gang violence crisis: Fears grow among Miami diaspora

Latin Times

Violence in Haiti has spread to rural areas as chaos continues to engulf the country, with a recent episode resulting in over ten deaths following a clash between gangs and locals. According to The Miami Herald, the incident took place when a group of heavily armed men reached the communities...

Violence in Haiti spreads to rural areas as law enforcement continues to wait for international force

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The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence. A couple hundred police officers from Kenya landed in the capital of Port-au-Prince, whose main international airport reopened in late...

Kenya-led police force arrives in Haiti to tackle gang violence

The Eastern Military Zone troops, in coordination with the security agencies and the Anti-Narcotics Department, foiled a major drug smuggling attempt from Syria early Wednesday, according to an army statement. A source at the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) said that the operation resulted in the death of one smuggler,...

Army foils ‘major’ drug smuggling attempt from Syria

Haiti has been through a lot lately. During the past several months criminal gangs have taken over 80 percent of the capital. They closed the main port and attacked the country's main airport, they even forced the prime minister out of office. In this episode of The Sunday Story, NPR's Eyder Peralta reports from a country on the brink.

The Sunday Story: On the Ground in Haiti

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Bolivian soldiers led by the commanding general Bolivian Army rammed a tank into the doors of the Bolivian presidential palace on Wednesday morning, shattering them open.“Surely soon there will be a new Cabinet of ministers; our country, our state cannot go on like this,” General Juan Jose Zuniga declared to reporters from the tank before he entered the palace, according to the Associated Press.The soldiers clamored inside, where they confronted President Luis Acre. But in an extraordinary moment captured by local TV networks and re-posted online, Acre came face-to-face with Zuniga, staring him directly in the eyes as Zuniga’s soldiers...

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‘Lay down your guns,’ Haiti’s prime minister tells gangs as Kenyan forces arrive

A Kenyan Airways flight landed at Toussaint Louverture International Airport early Tuesday with the first contingent of an international armed security mission, viewed as a vital...

‘Lay down your guns,’ Haiti’s prime minister tells gangs as Kenyan forces arrive

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