Rights advocates say vigilante killings are response to unchecked Haitian gang violence, but not a long-term solution.

In and around Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, vigilante killings are on the rise as residents take up arms against the gangs that control up to 80 percent of the city. In March, Haiti saw its ...

In one incident, a mob pulled suspected gang members from police custody, hung gasoline-soaked tires around their necks and ...

Fritzgerald Vixamar is normally a businessman who runs a school in Haiti ... to take back control of their streets is just the latest example of extrajudicial killings targeting suspected gang ...

"The police and the justice (officials) have to take control," Étienne ... Over the weekend, Haiti's National Police issued a statement saying officers are dismantling gangs across the country ...

UN official warns violence shows ‘no sign of ending’ as frustrated Haitians go after gang members themselves. Haitians are ...

A derelict car blocks a street as part of a barricade erected during the Bwa Kale movement , an initiative to fight gangs ...

Suspected gang members ambushed a group of policemen, set their armored vehicle on fire and killed one officer in the latest attack against Haiti’s National Police force, authorities said Thursday.

The United Nations has been sounding the alarm about Haiti for months now, but countries are reluctant to intervene, given past failures in the Caribbean nation.

“The police and the justice (officials) have to take control ... Over the weekend, Haiti’s National Police issued a statement saying officers are dismantling gangs across the country ...

“The police and the justice (officials) have to take control ... Over the weekend, Haiti’s National Police issued a statement saying officers are dismantling gangs across the country ...

PETIONVILLE, Haiti (AP ... “The police and the justice (officials) have to take control,” Étienne said of the vigilante killings. Overall, more than 130,000 Haitians have fled their communities as ...