Frances Robles and David C. Adams | The New York Times

Dozens of people, from Colombian commandos to a former police chief to private security contractors in South Florida — even a former Haitian first lady — have been accused of participating in the 2021 plot to assassinate Jovenel Moïse, Haiti’s last democratically elected president.

In Haiti, gangs have killed hundreds of people and shot journalists at a news conference, exposing the country’s fragility and the government’s failures.

A surge in gang violence over the past two weeks has led international aid organizations to rethink their staff levels in Haiti.