Haitian activist describes grisly killings in the streets as residents rise up against gangs
Vélina Ãlysée Charlier says her home has become a living hell as vigilante mobs fight armed gang members in the streets. CBC | World News
Tag: Gangs
3 dead in rioting blamed on gangs in Brazil’s northeast
National guard troops patrolled northeastern Brazil on Thursday after three nights of rioting allegedly ordered by imprisoned gang members left windows smashed, buses ablaze and at least three people dead. … Read More
UN warns Haitian gangs taking over country, extra police support not enough
The U.N.’s special envoy to Haiti warned Wednesday that the ongoing training and resources the international community is providing to Haiti’s national police force is not enough to fight increasingly … Read More
Asylum-seeker hotels for children ‘a supermarket for gangs’
Early last year, Sussex Police began to notice a steady increase in missing-children reports coming from a hotel providing temporary accommodation for young asylum seekers in Hove. By June, the … Read More