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June 2, 2023, 6:17 PM

Haitian businessman gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president

A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman to life in prison for his role in helping a group of Colombian mercenaries obtain weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021
June 2, 2023, 6:17 PM
US judge sends businessman to prison for life for Haiti's President assassination
June 2, 2023, 11:42 AM

Haiti fights for its life in the streets: Reporter's notebook

At least 80% of Haiti's capital city is controlled by gangs.
June 2, 2023, 11:42 AM
Haiti fights for its life in the streets: Reporter's notebook
June 2, 2023, 1:18 AM

Haiti faces gang violence, growing humanitarian crisis

ABC News' Matt Rivers traveled with aid workers into one of the most dangerous spots in the world, where gang violence and famine have led to a humanitarian crisis.
June 2, 2023, 1:18 AM
Haiti faces gang violence, growing humanitarian crisis
1 month ago

5 killed in Haiti as vigilante crowds target suspected gangs

Vigilante killings are surging across Haiti’s capital and beyond
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2 journalists killed in Haiti as gang violence spikes

Two local journalists have been killed in Haiti over the past couple of weeks as rampant gang violence has gripped the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas
1 month ago
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Haiti police condemn vigilante killings amid gang violence

Police are pledging to crack down on unrelenting gang violence that has paralyzed swaths of Haiti’s capital, and are pleading with Haitians to end a string of grisly vigilante killings
1 month ago
Haiti police condemn vigilante killings amid gang violence
1 month ago

UN estimates gangs now control around 80% of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Plus, authorities in Cuba are rationing gas sales amid a fuel shortage, and a U.K. zoo is looking for a "Seagull Deterrent Assistant."
1 month ago
UN estimates gangs now control around 80% of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
2 months ago

Haiti gang ambushes, kills 3 policemen as violence soars

It's the latest attack against an under-resourced, underfunded police department
2 months ago
2 months ago

American couple being held at ransom in Haiti, family says: 'We told them not to go'

An American couple visiting Haiti is being held at ransom after being kidnapped on a bus more than a week ago, according to their family.
2 months ago
American couple being held at ransom in Haiti, family says: 'We told them not to go'
2 months ago

Family of US couple kidnapped in Haiti pleads for release

The family of a U.S. couple who has been kidnapped in Haiti is pleading for their release
2 months ago
2 months ago

American couple kidnapped for ransom in Haiti

Family members of the kidnapped couple say they are in contact with the FBI to bring the two home.
2 months ago
American couple kidnapped for ransom in Haiti
2 months ago

Family of American couple held for ransom in Haiti speaks out

The family is fighting to get their loved ones back from Haiti who may be held for ransom by gangs.
2 months ago
Family of American couple held for ransom in Haiti speaks out
2 months ago

American couple held hostage in Haiti

Family members of the couple say they were kidnapped while visiting relatives near Port-au-Prince.
2 months ago
American couple held hostage in Haiti
2 months ago

Biden, Trudeau say 'inseparable' nations won't fail Ukraine

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are celebrating the close, “inseparable” U.S.-Canada relationship and vowing that the two nations remain committed to defending Ukraine as it tries to repel a Russian invasion that has no end in sight
2 months ago
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UN: Fresh gang violence in Haiti leaves 187 dead in 11 days

The U.N. says that new clashes between gangs in Haiti’s capital and beyond have killed at least 187 people in less than two weeks and injured more than 150 others
2 months ago
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Haiti PM turns to military for help in fighting gangs

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he intends to activate all of the country’s security forces to fight increasingly powerful gangs
3 months ago
3 months ago

Ex-Haiti mayor accused of killing, torture faces civil trial

Attorneys painted widely different pictures of the former mayor of a Haitian town who is on trial in the U.S., accused of terrorizing his political opponents
3 months ago
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Lawyers fight for man they say US wrongly deported to Haiti

He was deported two years ago to a country where he wasn’t born, never lived.
3 months ago
3 months ago

UN report: Modern weapons being smuggled to Haiti from US

Increasingly sophisticated weapons are being trafficked into Haiti mainly from the United States and especially from Florida amid worsening lawlessness in the impoverished Caribbean nation, according to a new U.N. report
3 months ago
4 months ago

US arrests 4 tied to assassination of Haitian president

The U.S. is pushing forward with the investigation as the probe in Haiti stalls.
4 months ago
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War for control of Haiti's capital targets women's bodies

Haiti’s toxic slate of gangs are plundering the Caribbean nation
4 months ago
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Haiti appoints council amid push to hold general elections

Haiti’s prime minister has formally appointed a transition council charged with ensuring that long-awaited general elections are held in a country with no democratically elected institutions
4 months ago
4 months ago

What we've learned from the latest charges in plot to kill Haitian president

In total, seven suspects are now in U.S. custody and facing charges related to the July 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moïse, including the four arraigned Wednesday.
4 months ago
What we've learned from the latest charges in plot to kill Haitian president
4 months ago

US charges 4 key suspects in killing of Haiti’s president

Four key suspects in the killing of Haiti’s president appear for the first time in U.S. federal court to face accusations that they plotted and participated in his assassination, a day after they were transferred to the United States for prosecution
4 months ago
US charges 4 key suspects in killing of Haiti’s president
4 months ago

4 key suspects in Haiti presidential slaying in US custody

U.S. officials say four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have been transferred to the United States for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti amid death threats that have spooked local judges
4 months ago
4 key suspects in Haiti presidential slaying in US custody
4 months ago

Haitian police rebels protest is paralyzing Port-au-Prince

Outraged rebel police officers are protesting in the streets of Haiti’s capital, blocking roads and shooting guns into the air
4 months ago
Haitian police rebels protest gang killings of officers
4 months ago

UN envoy hopes UN will OK force for Haiti to combat gangs

The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says she heard “caution” from the United States and Canada about possibly leading an international armed force to help Haiti combat gangs but not “a definite `No.'" Helen La Lime expressed hope Wednesday that the U.N. S...
4 months ago
UN envoy hopes UN will OK force for Haiti to combat gangs
4 months ago

396 Haitian migrants detained on 50-foot boat near Bahamas

Thousands are fleeing Haiti's spike in gang violence and political instability.
4 months ago
5 months ago

UN deputy urges countries to consider armed force for Haiti

The U.N. deputy secretary-general is urging every country “with capacity” to urgently consider the Haitian government’s request for an international armed force to help restore security and alleviate a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation
5 months ago
UN deputy urges countries to consider armed force for Haiti
6 months ago

Head of Haiti's police academy killed at training facility

Haitian police say the director of the National Police Academy, Harington Rigaud, was shot and killed at the doors of a police academy in a gang-controlled neighborhood in the country’s capital of Port-au-Prince
6 months ago
Head of Haiti's police academy killed at training facility
6 months ago

UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises

UNICEF officials say a cholera outbreak sweeping through Haiti is claiming a growing number of children amid a surge in malnutrition
6 months ago
UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises
7 months ago

Haiti fears spike in cholera cases as fuel blockade lifts

The situation could worsen now that the country is bustling once again.
7 months ago
Haiti fears spike in cholera cases as fuel blockade lifts
7 months ago

Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid US sanctions

Prime Minister Ariel Henry has dismissed Haiti’s justice minister, interior minister and its government commissioner in a fresh round of political upheaval
7 months ago
Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid US sanctions
7 months ago

Gas stations in Haiti reopen for 1st time in 2 months

Whoops of excitement are echoing through Haiti's capital as gas stations open for the first time in two months after a powerful gang lifted a crippling fuel blockade
7 months ago
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Key fuel depot in Haiti reopens for 1st time since September

Trucks are lining up at a main fuel terminal in Haiti’s capital to fill up their tanks for the first time since a powerful gang federation seized control of the area nearly two months ago
7 months ago
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8th journalist reported killed in Haiti so far this year

The Inter American Press Association says an eighth journalist has been killed in Haiti this year
7 months ago
8th journalist reported killed in Haiti so far this year
7 months ago

Haiti gang leader to lift fuel blockade amid shortages

A powerful gang leader says he is lifting a blockade at a key fuel terminal that has strangled Haiti’s capital for nearly two months
7 months ago
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US sanctions Haitian politicians on drug trafficking claims

Two Haitian politicians are facing U.S. sanctions over allegations they abused their positions to traffic drugs in collaboration with gang networks and directed others to engage in violence
7 months ago
US sanctions Haitian politicians on drug trafficking claims
7 months ago

Haiti police to probe death of reporter during gathering

Haiti’s National Police says it's been ordered to launch an investigation into the death of a journalist who witnesses say was struck in the head by a police tear gas canister
7 months ago
Haiti police to probe reporter's death hit during protest
7 months ago

Cholera overwhelms Haiti as cases, deaths spike amid crisis

Thousands of people across Haiti are becoming sick with cholera as medical staff struggle to care for them despite dwindling supplies of fuel and water
7 months ago
Cholera overwhelms Haiti as cases, deaths spike amid crisis
7 months ago

Report: 96K Haitians flee homes amid spike in gang violence

The U.N.'s International Organization for Migration says gang violence has forced some 96,000 people to flee their homes in Haiti’s capital as the country faces a crisis that has prompted the government to request foreign troops
7 months ago
Report: 96K Haitians flee homes amid spike in gang violence
7 months ago

'Every day you're hopeless': Haitians eye foreign help warily as gangs, cholera outbreak take toll

The United Nations Security Council on Monday heard of two resolutions drafted by the United States and Mexico to address Haiti's current situation.
7 months ago
Haiti asks for international help amid worsening crisis
7 months ago

Humanitarian crisis in Haiti reaches all-time high

Former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe joins ABC News Live to discuss the proposed U.N. security response to the gang crisis and the other issues Haiti is facing.
7 months ago
Humanitarian crisis in Haiti reaches all-time high
8 months ago

US, Canada send armored vehicles to bolster Haiti's police

The U.S. and Canada have sent armored vehicles and other supplies to Haiti to help police fight a powerful gang amid a pending request from the Haitian government for the immediate deployment of foreign troops
8 months ago
US, Canada send armored vehicles to bolster Haiti's police
8 months ago

New report: A record 4.7 million Haitians face acute hunger

A new report says a record 4.7 million people in Haiti are facing acute hunger, including 19,000 in catastrophic famine conditions for the first time, all in a slum controlled by gangs in the capital of Port-Au-Prince
8 months ago
8 months ago

Haiti gang makes demands in test of power with government

A standoff between a powerful gang federation and Haiti’s government is testing how much power both sides wield and threatens to further derail a paralyzed country where millions of people are struggling to find fuel and water
8 months ago
Haiti gang makes demands in test of power with government
8 months ago

Faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping

A year after 17 North American missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti, the agency that sent them hasn’t made a permanent return to the impoverished Caribbean nation
8 months ago
Faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping
8 months ago

UN mulls quick foreign troop deployment to ease Haiti crisis

Haiti is in the grip of gangs that have caused a scarcity of basic supplies.
8 months ago
UN mulls quick foreign troop deployment to ease Haiti crisis
8 months ago

Calls for help, humanitarian corridor as gangs siege Haiti

The United Nations is proposing a “humanitarian corridor” in Haiti’s capital to help people get gasoline and aid amid a mounting crisis as gangs keep blockading roads and access to some areas, including to one key fuel terminal in Port-au-Prince
8 months ago
9 months ago

Illegal weapons smuggling from US to Haiti surges: Officials

U.S. authorities in South Florida are stepping up efforts to crackdown on a recent surge in weapons smuggling to Haiti and the Caribbean.
9 months ago
Illegal weapons smuggling from US to Haiti surges: Officials