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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

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 step in helping Haiti combat deadly criminal gangs to restore security. The 200 specialized Kenyan officers and their support staff were greeted on the...

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

Haiti's leaders face a high-stakes balancing act as Kenyan forces arrive in the violence-wracked country, where security is desperately needed and the new, unelected government must also win over ordinary Haitians. At the same time, many Haitians, desperate for a restoration of order, support the Kenyan force.

Stakes high for Haiti as Kenya forces deploy

A second contingent of the Kenya-led multinational policing mission in Haiti will arrive "in the coming weeks," Prime Minister Garry Conille told AFP on Tuesday. We can already see in the coming weeks that we will have a second contingent," Conille said in an interview in Washington, where he is meeting with White House and State Department officials.

Second contingent of police coming to Haiti in 'coming weeks': PM

New York City, NY

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke and immigration advocates in New York on Friday welcomed the Biden administration’s extension and redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. On Friday, United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the...

Caribbean-American Congresswoman and Immigration Advocates Welcome TPS Renewal for Haiti

Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Countries including Venezuela and Cuba accept migrants deported by U.S. officials from Mexico, the Mexican president said on Thursday, but he added that he would prefer that Washington enter into direct deportation agreements with those nations.

Mexican president says Venezuela, Cuba accept deported migrants from Mexico

The New Humanitarian

I am writing to you as a brother who believes in our common bonds as Black people across the globe. I think there is a common tapestry of history and culture that transcends the thousands of miles between us and binds us so uniquely as a people. Right from the...

Dear Haiti, our Kenyan police are a problem

The National Police Service (NPS) has dismissed rumours circulating on social media about the deaths of seven of its officers in the troubled Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome has described these claims as baseless, inaccurate, unpatriotic, and malicious. The deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti has garnered international attention as they join forces with the Haitian National Police to restore stability to the troubled Caribbean nation. President William Ruto's commitment of 1,000 Kenyan troops reflects the country's dedication to global peacekeeping initiatives, though the mission faces significant challenges. Haiti has long struggled with instability, a situation exacerbated by the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.

IG Koome Denies Deaths of Kenyan Officers in Haiti

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

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican security officials found the bodies of 19 men piled into the back of a truck, the local prosecutor's office said late on Monday, with the victims allegedly linked to a gunfight between a Guatemalan criminal gang and Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel. Five of the men showed...

In Mexico, 19 Bodies Found in Truck as Violence Spreads in Southern State

Latin Times

U.S. authorities are seeking to resume direct deportation flights to Venezuela and increase the pace of those to Cuba, the acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director told The Miami Herald. Concretely, Patrick J. Lechleitner told the outlet that there are ongoing negotiations toward that end, but that parties are...

U.S. seeking to resume deportation flights to Venezuela, increase pace of Cuba's

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Saint Louis, MO

CJ Coombs

The historic Des Peres School building is located at 6307 Michigan in St. Louis, Missouri. Originally, it was a four-room school. On September 2, 1982, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and rightfully so due to its historic significance.

Historic Des Peres School in Missouri: birthplace of the first kindergarten room

Panamanian President-elect José Raúl Mulino is offering the U.S. a deal to shut down the Darien Gap, a treacherous jungle path connecting the country with Colombia and which has become a key migratory route for those trying to reach North America. Speaking with journalist Andrés Oppenheimer, Mulino said...

Panamanian president-elect offers Biden deal to shut down Darien Gap, a main migration route to U.S.

(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

Atlantic City, NJ

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — In a place with a long history of people living — and sometimes dying — under the Boardwalk, Atlantic City has launched an effort to address homelessness by preventing people from sleeping on public property and connecting them with shelter and services.

Under the Boardwalk Officials Vow to Address Homelessness in Atlantic City

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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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

TheDailyBeast

Justice Clarence Thomas used the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity on Monday to again request that the constitutionality of special prosecutors, like Jack Smith, be called into question. In his opinion, Thomas asked the lower courts to render a ruling on Smith and the legality of the special prosecutor’s office before they proceed with Donald Trump’s pair of federal criminal cases that Smith’s team is prosecuting. No other justice signed onto Thomas’ opinion.  “If this unprecedented prosecution is to proceed, it must be conducted by someone duly authorized to do so by the American people,” Thomas wrote. “The...

Justice Thomas Goes Rogue on Trump Immunity Case, Pushes to Ditch Special Prosecutors

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' dominant Marcos and Duterte political dynasties, uneasy allies for two years, are gearing up for an election showdown that could upset policy stability in the Southeast Asian nation in the coming years. Vice President Sara Duterte's resignation as education minister in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's...

Ex-Philippines President Duterte's Senate Election Bid Poses Threat to Former Ally Marcos

(Reuters) - Panama will launch deportation flights for irregular migrants in the coming weeks, part of a deal with the United States, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, after the new president in the Central American country pledged to bolster its borders. "We hope to start as soon as possible,"...

Panama to Launch Migrant Deportation Flights in Coming Weeks, US Says

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Dominican Republic's Top Diplomat to Attend Haiti Meetings at UN

(Reuters) -The Dominican Republic announced its foreign minister will travel to New York on Tuesday to participate in a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss...

Dominican Republic's Top Diplomat to Attend Haiti Meetings at UN

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