Police in Haiti have arrested a former legislator long accused of arming gangs in the country’s central region and previously sanctioned by the U.S. and Canada. Prophane Victor, an ex-member of ...

Police in Haiti have arrested a former Haitian lawmaker, Prophane Victor, for allegedly arming gangs.

Prophane Victor, an ex-member of Parliament who represented the Petite Riviere community of the Artibonite region, was arrested on Sunday in the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to Haiti’s ...

Haiti’s gangs caused thousands of deaths and the displacement of over a million people in the past year, according to the UN, ...

In the five months since the MSS’ deployment, more neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince and the Artibonite have fallen to gangs; no major gang leaders have been arrested; businesses, hospitals have ...

In Port-au-Prince alone, where the largest number of homeless are located, displacements have nearly doubled, fueled by the relentless gang violence, the collapse of healthcare services and worsening ...