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An FBI investigation accuses three South Florida Haitians of purchasing high-power rifles and pistols for 400 Mawozo, the gang now holding U.S. missionaries.
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Religious aid groups are compelled to serve in Haiti, but do they also serve as gang kidnap targets?Missionary groups like Christian Aid Ministries, hit by a gang abduction in Haiti over the weekend, say they won't be intimidated — but they have little protection.
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The last United Nations police mission left Haiti two years ago — but the government suggests another may need to be deployed as politically-affiliated gangs take over.
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Sunday's murder in Port-au-Prince of a Baptist deacon and his wife's kidnapping are a brutal reminder that Haiti's street gangs are de facto "legalized bandits."
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UNICEF reports gang violence in Port-au-Prince the past year has destroyed homes and made 14,000 Haitians refugees — mostly women and children.