Two gangs have coordinated an amphibious attack on a key industrial area north of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince.
The cocaine coming from France's territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana to its mainland have doubled.
Trinidad and Tobago's homicide rate has past 400 for the year and authorities appear unable to stop it.
Dominican officials have banned 12 Haitian gang leaders and one of its top politicians from entering the country.
A rural gang is causing mayhem in northern Haiti, displaying tactics more commonly used by urban armed groups concentrated in Port-au-Prince.
Poorly equipped human smugglers have cost the lives of 17 Haitian migrants after their boat capsized near the Bahamas.
Haiti’s Customs Agency has seized an extremely large quantity of illegally imported ammunition.
On June 28, the Cuban Interior Ministry announced that at least two clashes between speedboat crews coming from the United States to pick up Cuban migrants and border patrols had…
In its latest bid to curb the flow of illegal firearms and ensuing violence, Jamaica has turned to the United Nations for help.
For nearly a week, a powerful Haitian gang has forcibly occupied the country’s Palace of Justice, with no response from security forces.
Several brutal killings have shaken the small Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia, as murders in the country reach record levels. …
Gangs in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince are rounding up homeless and at-risk teens, who are increasingly being used as foot soldiers in gang wars that have forced schools to…
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