Haiti gangs’ US terrorism designation risks harming most vulnerable, NGOs warn. Friday, May 09, 2025 12:05 am. FILE PHOTO: Haitian security forces patrol during a protest against insecurity, in ...

NEW YORK —Haiti’s human rights crisis is spiraling out of control, driven by entrenched elite corruption, a fractured ...

The U.S. has officially designated a powerful gang coalition in Haiti as a foreign terrorist organization, raising concerns the move could deepen the country's humanitarian crisis.

The designation of Haitian gangs as terrorist organizations appears to signal that the Trump Administration is assembling a new strategy for dealing with Haiti, although it is not yet clear what ...

The terrorist designation would extend U.S. jurisdiction to anyone assisting the gangs, from gun and ammunition traffickers to government officials in Haiti financing the groups.

The terrorist designation would extend U.S. jurisdiction to anyone assisting the gangs, from gun and ammunition traffickers to government officials in Haiti financing the groups.

The designation comes as gang violence surges in Haiti. More than 1,600 people have been killed from January to March, and 580 more were injured, according to the U.N. political mission in Haiti.

A group of children sit in a newly opened shelter in the Meyotte neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 12, after people were forced to flee from another area due to gang violence.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The designation of Haiti’s major gangs as terrorists by Washington could risk further entrenching their power by limiting financial and humanitarian aid, NGOs ...

The terrorist designation would extend U.S. jurisdiction to anyone assisting the gangs, from gun and ammunition traffickers to government officials in Haiti financing the groups.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The designation of Haiti's major gangs as terrorists by Washington could risk further entrenching their power by limiting financial and humanitarian aid, NGOs focused on ...

The designation comes as gang violence surges in Haiti. More than 1,600 people have been killed from January to March, and another 580 were injured, according to the U.N. political mission in Haiti.