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UN authorizes a much larger force to fight gangs in Haiti with new power to arrest gang members – The Washington Post
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President Donald Trump’s administration is offering a $5 million cash reward for the arrest of Haiti’s most powerful warlord.
An indictment announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro accuses Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier of organizing an international conspiracy to fund his criminal gang, chiefly by soliciting money from Haitians living in the United States.
The infamous gang leader is believed to be responsible for barbaric massacres, including a 2018 attack that left more than 700 dead, hundreds of homes destroyed, and multiple women raped.
Cherizier’s co-defendant, Bazile Richardson, is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Haiti who was living in North Carolina.
He was arrested in Texas in July.
Irish missionary among nine kidnapped from Haiti orphanage– www.bbc.com
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Nine people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, were kidnapped from an orphanage near Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince on Sunday, officials said.
Gena Heraty, the facility’s director, was among those taken from the privately-run Sainte-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff during the early hours of the morning, according to Mayor Massillon Jean.
Seven employees and a child were also taken from the orphanage, which cares for more than 240 children, some with disabilities.
“The attackers broke into the orphanage around 3:30am (07:30 GMT) without opening fire,” Jean said, describing it as a “planned act”.
The attackers had broken through a wall to enter the property, Jean said, before heading to the building where Ms Heraty was staying.
Kenyan police in Haiti sustain wounds in clashes with gangs – The EastAfrican
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The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage– abcnews.go.com
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence, officials said Tuesday.
The number of killings increased by more than 20% compared with all of 2023, according to the U.N. Human Rights Office. In addition, more than 2,200 people were reported injured and nearly 1,500 kidnapped, it said.
“These figures alone cannot capture the absolute horrors being perpetrated in Haiti, but they show the unremitting violence to which people are being subjected,” Volker Türk, U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said in a statement.
Among the victims are two journalists and a police officer killed when gunmen opened fire on a crowd that gathered on Christmas Eve for the much-anticipated reopening of Haiti’s biggest public hospital, which gangs forced closed earlier this year.