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US sanctions high-ranking Haitian official and accuses him of supporting gangs

The U.S. government imposed visa restrictions on Fritz Alphonse Jean, a member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council...The U.S. did not name the person it sanctioned in its announcement late Monday, but Jean confirmed it was him, telling The Associated Press on Tuesday that he rejected those accusations.

Arrivée  d’un contingent de Marines américains pour sécuriser l’ambassade des Etats Unis en Haiti 

Les États-Unis ont annoncé l'arrivée d'un contingent supplémentaire de Marines à Port-au- afin de renforcer la sécurité de leur ambassade en Haïti en coordination avec le gouvernement haïtien.

U.S. Marines in Haiti exchange gunfire with suspected gang members

U.S. Marines in Haiti exchanged gunfire this week with suspected gang members, U.S. military officials said Saturday, in an incident that highlights the precarious security environment in the island nation.

Haiti police seize high-powered ‘weapon of war,’ kill several gang members

Several alleged gang members were killed in Haiti on Friday during intensified security operations in the eastern plains of Port-au-Prince, where police successfully recovered a high-powered sniper rifle known as a “weapon of war” but were forced to destroy a helicopter used in their operations.

Guns, gangs and drought: how crime and the climate crisis are reshaping Haiti

Cities in the grip of urban warfare are being pushed to collapse by an influx of people fleeing hunger in rural areas as crops fail

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