Haiti gangs raped women, burned people alive during turf wars – rights group
Port-aa-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitian gang members raped women and girls and burned people alive during two weeks of turf wars near the capital of Port-au-Prince, a Haitian rights group said in a report detailing the bloody conflict. Battles between the rival Chen Mechan and 400 Mawozo gangs left 148 people dead, the National Human Rights Defense […]
Dozens killed in Haiti in two weeks of gun battles, thousands flee homes
Miami, US/Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Gun battles between rival gangs in Port-au-Prince have killed dozens in the past two weeks and forced thousands to flee their homes, Haiti’s civil protection authority and a UN agency said. The Chen Mechan and 400 Mawozo gangs, the latter of which kidnapped a group of US and Canadian missionaries last year, […]
Haitian families flee homes as violence flares in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitians in the capital Port-au-Prince fled their homes on Monday as gun battles broke out between rival gangs, according to a Reuters witness, following clashes between armed groups that killed at least 20 last week. The country’s civil protection authority said on Wednesday that battles between the rival Chen Mechan and 400 Mawozo […]