Haiti Defense Minister Jean Michel Moïse warns that the country is on the brink of being fully controlled by gangs.

Germine Joly, once one of the most powerful gang leaders in Haiti — even when he was behind prison bars — has been found guilty of kidnapping 16 U.S. citizens who worked in Haiti as missionaries.

A U.S. jury has found a once powerful Haitian gang leader guilty of organizing the kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens in 2021 and holding them hostage for more than two months.

The self-described “king” of the notoriously violent Haitian gang known as 400 Mawozo ... prosecutors argued in the trial. The kidnapped group comprised 12 adults and five children, including ...

Haitian gang leader Joly Germine was convicted on all charges for the 2021 kidnapping of 16 American missionaries.

Commuters pass by police patrolling an intersection in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) ...

Shaken by insecurity and forced to suspend its print edition, Le Nouvelliste has shifted to digital, aiming to retain its ...

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to lift protections for thousands of Venezuelans, leaving them potentially ...

Lee County Civic Center, 11831 Bayshore Road, North Fort Myers, Wednesday, May 28, 9:00 a.m. public hearing. Let’s stand ...

Over the years, I’ve been at Guantánamo during two presidential inaugurations, a few hurricane warnings, and a couple of my ...

Introduced by Curtis and colleagues, the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act would set sanctions on criminal gangs and ...