Police made emergency calls for backup, asserting that 50% of the Artibonite region had fallen under gang control.
American woman Alix Dorsainvil and her young child have been freed and are safe after being kidnapped in Haiti roughly two weeks ago.
Jean-Dickens Toussaint and his wife, Abigail Toussaint, of Tamarac, Florida, were in Haiti to see ailing relatives and attend a community festival when they were kidnapped while traveling on a bus from Port-au-Prince, their family said.
A policy that's prevented many refugees from seeking asylum in the U.S. will be lifted in just weeks. For Haitian refugee Francel Celestin, a husband and father, Title 42's removal can't come quickly enough.
Former President Trump made baseless remarks about Haitians trying to enter the United States, saying most of them "probably have AIDS" and letting them in is a "death wish."
Rep. Maxine Waters and L.A. activists blasted the Biden administration for its treatment of Haitian migrants at the Southern border after videos appear to show border patrol officials using aggressive tactics.