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Gangs in Haiti take control as democracy withers

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Haiti gang leader to lift fuel blockade amid shortages

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Gangs strangle Haiti’s capital as deaths, kidnappings soar

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Police: Sacramento shooting was gunfight among gang rivals

The killing that left six people dead in Sacramento last week was a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs, police said.
/ April 7, 2022

Gang with past abductions blamed for kidnapping missionaries

The 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped the group of missionaries in Ganthier, a commune that lies east of the capital of Port-au-Prince.
/ October 17, 2021

Haitians return to quake-damaged churches, gangs offer aid

The government said that 344 people were still missing, 12,268 people were injured and nearly 53,000 houses were destroyed by the quake.
/ August 22, 2021

1 dead, 6 injured in shooting near food trucks in Portland

One victim, a woman, died at the hospital after sustaining critical injuries in the 2 a.m. shooting near a pod of popular food trucks.
/ July 17, 2021
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Accused gang leader dies by suicide after 3-hour standoff in Georgia

Gary Creek, alleged founder of the Triple-C gang, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a 3-hour standoff with police.
/ June 9, 2021

LA Sheriff’s Department reportedly has gangs operating within it

Gangs have existed within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for decades, according to whistleblowers within the department.
/ February 27, 2021
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Ballistics database helps bring Houston gang war into focus

The National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, or NIBIN, is a database of scanned bullet casings that has been around for two decades.
/ October 23, 2019