The move allows the U.S. to apply steep penalties to almost any activity in the gang-dominated country.

The designation of Haiti's major gangs as terrorists by Washington could risk further entrenching their power by limiting ...

In Canapé-Vert, one of Port-au-Prince’s last gang-free pockets, a former policeman known as “Commander Samuel” leads a ...

Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif — terrorist groups, citing alleged attacks on civilians, police and U.S. regional interests.

The Viv Ansanm coalition, which means “Living Together,” joins a list of eight Latin American criminal organizations under ...

The United States on Friday designated Haiti's powerful Viv Ansanm gang alliance, whose members have taken control of almost ...

The Trump administration reportedly told Congress it will designate the Haitian gangs Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif as foreign ...

According to the notification sent to congressional committees on April 23, the Trump administration said it intends to ...

May 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department on Friday designated two powerful Haitian gangs as terrorist groups. The agency ...

The Trump administration on Friday designated a coalition of powerful Haitian gangs and an allied force sowing terror in Haiti’s bread basket as terrorists.

The United States last week designated Viv Ansanm, the armed alliance that controls most of capital Port-au-Prince, and Gran Grif, which operates in the breadbasket Artibonite region, as terrorist ...