Haiti transitional government takes power as gangs hold capital ‘hostage’
Haiti’s Transitional Council took power in a ceremony on Thursday, formalizing the resignation of former Prime Minister Ariel Henry as the Caribbean nation seeks to establish security after years of gang violence and chaos and misery. did. Henri’s finance minister, Michel-Patrick Boisvert, will serve as caretaker prime minister until the transition council appoints a new […]
Weeks-long manhunt in Brazil shows dramatic expansion of two main gangs into Amazon | Brazil
After nearly two months on the run, the Amazon outlaws nicknamed Hammerhead and Armadillo may have felt they were nearing the home straight, albeit a long and muddy one. Just beyond the Tocantins River lay the Trans-Amazon Highway, a desolate and poorly patrolled jungle road that traverses more than 1,200 miles from east to west […]
Haitian Gangs Loot National Library, Historic Documents at Risk
Gangs rampaging across Haiti ransacked the National Library in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Wednesday. Library director D’Angelo Niard said the library houses some valuable documents and that Haiti’s history is at risk due to gang attacks. “Our documentary collection is at risk. We have valuable documents that are more than 200 years old, important to […]
Haitian gangs loot national library
In a new escalation of violence in Haiti this week, armed groups have reportedly looted the country’s national library in the capital Port-au-Prince. The library’s director, D’Angelo Niard, told AFP that Haiti’s “documentary collection is at risk.” “We have valuable documents that are over 200 years old and are important to our heritage, but they […]
At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the ‘war on gangs,’ rights group says
SAN SALVADOR (AP) – At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons since President Nayib Boucle launched a “war on gangs” two years ago, according to a humanitarian legal relief organization. Ingrid Escobar, head of the rights group, said she had received 500 reports of deaths in state custody and confirmed about half […]
Chilean gangs in US on Visa Waiver Program targeting high-end Michigan homes — again, sheriff says
Wealthy residents of spacious homes in southeastern Michigan once again need to be on guard against a “very well-trained” and “highly organized” group of robbers from Chile, local sheriff says. said. Sheriff Michael Bouchard says there has been a recent spate of break-ins in Michigan’s Oakland County, northwest of Detroit, that are eerily similar to […]
Two men in Haiti suspected of buying weapons for gangs lynched by mob | Haiti
Two men in Haiti were hacked to death by a mob who thought they were buying weapons for a gang, police said Saturday. Police said the men were found with about $20,000 (about £16,000) and about $43,000 in Haitian cash in their car, along with two handguns and a box of ammunition. It was confirmed […]
NYPD Posts Warnings of Migrant Pick Pocket Gangs
As crimes committed by illegal aliens skyrocket across the United States, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) has begun issuing notices to citizens to be on the lookout for immigrant pickpocket gangs roaming the Big Apple. A recent post on Viral News NYC showed footage of an NYPD electronic bulletin truck warning residents to […]
‘Burglary tourism’: Foreign gangs exploit tourist visa system to rob affluent neighborhoods in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Police Department recently established a special task force to combat an increase in robberies targeting wealthy neighborhoods. Los Angeles Times It was reported on Friday. Authorities are warning residents that “burglary tourism,” in which organized groups from South America enter the United States to rob homes, has increased over the past five […]
Los Angeles police forms task force to counter foreign gangs exploiting US visa system to target luxury homes
The Los Angeles Police Department has formed a task force to combat the growing number of Latin American gangs targeting luxury homes in Southern California. “We are aware of an increase in robberies targeting homes in affluent areas,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a notice last week. “There has been a significant increase […]