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4 suspects in the assassination of Haiti's president were transferred to U.S. custody

Four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were transferred to the U.S. for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti. A total of seven suspects are now in U.S. custody.

WEKU

U.S. charges 4 more suspects in Haitian President Jovenel Moïse's assassination

Moïse was assassinated at his home by an unidentified group of gunmen.

Axios

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

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More suspects in assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse brought to Miami

MIAMI — A group of Haitian-American and Colombian suspects are en route to Miami from Haiti to face federal conspiracy charges in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

Miami Herald

They stole and they freed criminals. Now these Haiti judges are being singled out

In a historic blow to Haiti’s already dysfunctional judicial system, a judicial oversight board has rebuked more than two dozen judges for misconduct and paved the way for their firing — a clean-up of the nation’s judiciary that will likely affect its handling of pressing legal matters, from corruption to…

Miami Herald

As its only remaining elected officials depart, Haiti reaches a breaking point

In the years since Haiti last held a democratic election, the challenges facing the country have spiraled: gang violence, inflation, a cholera outbreak. "It's a collapse," one outgoing senator said.

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For 15 years, Milena Sandler and Joel Widmaier welcomed some of the biggest international names in jazz and R&B to Haiti amid political turmoil, fuel shortages and protests, musicians like Branford Marsalis, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Joss Stone.

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Haiti crisis: how did it get so bad, what is the role of gangs, and is there a way out?

Caribbean country has been in turmoil since the assassination of the president, Jovenel Moïse, in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Political vacuum in Haiti deepens as senators' terms expire

Haiti has been stripped of its last democratically elected institution

The Independent UK

With not a single elected leader left, Haiti is becoming a textbook case of a ‘failed state’

For years, Haiti has suffered from a disastrous economy, a struggling police force and a practically invisible government.

Miami Herald

Ex-rebel leader known as ‘the torturer’ is arrested in Haitian president’s assassination, sources say

A former rebel known as “the torturer,” who has a history of armed insurgency against Haitian leaders, has been arrested in the slaying of President Jovenel Moïse, multiple informed sources told the Miami Herald.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Haiti faces famine – but its troubles are rooted in a brutal colonial past

The Caribbean country has been blighted by colonial exploitation, natural disasters and violent gangs – now a food crisis looms. What can be done to fix Haiti?

The Guardian - UK

Quebec man charged with terrorism over alleged Haiti coup plot

Gerald Nicolas, 51, accused of conspiring to overthrow government of Jovenel Moïse, who was later assassinated in separate plot

The Guardian - US

‘Horrific assassination.’ Well-known Haiti political leader killed in gang-plagued region

A well-known political leader who headed one of Haiti’s center-left political parties after making a name for himself in the lottery business is dead after being ambushed Friday night in the green hills above Port-au-Prince.

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Why the US should tread carefully as it weighs supporting armed intervention in Haiti again

Haiti appears to be on the precipice of foreign intervention yet again.

Miami Herald

US senators urge Biden to expand TPS to more Haitians as crisis escalates in homeland

MIAMI — A group of Democratic U.S. senators is urging the Biden administration to immediately expand and extend immigration protections for Haitians in the United States as Haiti’s ongoing civil unrest, gang violence and kidnappings force thousands to leave.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Who's behind Haiti's most powerful gang alliance?

The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution that imposes sanctions on Jimmy Chérizier, leader of a powerful gang federation in Haiti

The Independent UK

UN ready to vote on sanctions against Haitian gang leader

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Friday on a resolution that would demand an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti

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UN to vote Friday on sanctions against Haitian gang leader

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Friday on a resolution that would demand an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti

The Independent UK

UN to vote on sanctions to curb violence, crime in Haiti

The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday on a resolution that would demand an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti

France 24

US and Mexico call for international force to help Haiti tackle gangs

The United States and Mexico said Monday they are preparing a UN resolution that would authorise an international mission to help improve security in Haiti, whose government issued a “distress call” for the people of the crisis-wracked nation.

The Independent UK

Proposed UN resolution would sanction top Haitian gang chief

The U_N_ Security Council is negotiating a resolution that would impose an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban on influential Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed “Barbeque.”

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Haiti verges on anarchy amid fuel hike, power grab. ‘They want us to hit rock bottom’

Charities are being looted. Foreign embassies are being pelted with rocks, and the homes of government supporters and the wealthy targeted — some going up in smoke.

The Independent UK

Dominican president bars Haitian ex-leader from his country

The president of the Dominican Republic has barred Haiti’s former interim prime minister from entering the country, a move that further heightens tensions between two nations that share the island of Hispaniola

Miami Herald

Rights leader warned Congress about Haiti gangs. But the problem has only gotten worse

When the number of gang-involved massacres in Haiti stood at five a few years ago, the head of a leading human rights group warned U.S. lawmakers about the Caribbean nation’s exploding crises of gang violence and firearms trafficking.

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