Odelyn Joseph / AP US Citizens Told to Leave Haiti Following Mass Jailbreak, Emergency Declaration The embassy asked Americans on the island to “keep a low profile” and to be prepared to hide for an extended period of time. By Johnathan Jones March 4, 2024
Odelyn Joseph / APCommentary Armed Gangs Outgun Cops: Is This the Future of America? A group of gangs managed to get nearly 4,000 inmates out of a prison in Haiti. Does America have a similar future? By Connor Cavanaugh March 4, 2024
Odelyn Joseph / AP Hundreds of Inmates Escape After Armed Gang Storms Prison The jailbreak marks a new low in Haiti’s downward spiral of violence and comes as gangs assert greater control on the capital. By The Associated Press March 3, 2024
Julio Cortez - File / AP Illegal Immigrant Released Into Community After Being Charged with Raping a Disabled Person ICE attempted to arrest the man, but officials in Boston refused to cooperate and instead released him back into the community. By Johnathan Jones January 18, 2024
Odelyn Joseph - File / AP Gang Storms Haitian Hospital, Takes Hundreds of Women and Children Hostage On Wednesday, a gang stormed the Fontaine Hospital Center in Haiti, taking hundreds of women, children, and newborns hostage. By The Associated Press November 15, 2023
AP / Nemesio Mendez Jimenez At Least 16 Dead, 29 Injured in Bus Rollover on Twisty Section of Highway Authorities said the driver of the vehicle apparently had been speeding and lost control of the truck. The driver fled the scene. By The Associated Press October 6, 2023
Alix Dorsainvil / Youtube screen shot Devout Christian Nurse Kidnapped with Daughter in Haiti Forgives Captors in Christ's Name: 'Hope to Hug You in Heaven' A Christian missionary, who was kidnapped in Haiti with her child and subsequently released, tells her former captors she does not hate them. By Jack Davis September 4, 2023
El Roi Haiti / AP American Christian Nurse and Her Daughter Freed After Being Kidnapped in Haiti The nurse and her young daughter were kidnapped from a medical clinic last month in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital city. By The Associated Press August 9, 2023
Matias Delacroix / AP New Hampshire Woman and Young Daughter Kidnapped in Caribbean, US Government Issues 'Do Not Travel' Order A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped. By The Associated Press July 30, 2023
Efrem Lukatsky - File / AP Journalist Killings Jumped by a Staggering 50% in 2022: Report According to numbers from the Committee to Protect Journalists, in 2022, the number of journalists killed rose by 50 percent. By The Associated Press January 24, 2023