Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico

Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes, rights group says Hundreds of Indigenous families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico by intense attacks from a local criminal group, including drone bombings, an Indigenous rights organisation said on Monday. A gang known as Los Ardillos has been carrying out attacks in Guerrero state for years, but they started to intensify last week. Villages were subjected to eight hours...

By Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

Hundreds more displaced as gang violence escalates in Haiti’s capital

Renewed clashes between rival gangs in Port-au-Prince have forced hundreds to flee their homes.

Hundreds flee homes in Haiti amid new wave of gang violence

A new wave of gang violence in Haiti has forced hundreds of people to flee their homes, leaving them scattered on Monday along a road leading to Haiti's main airport.

New wave of gang violence in Haiti displaces hundreds of people

A new wave of gang violence in Haiti’s capital forced hundreds to flee their homes over the weekend, leaving families scattered along the road to the country’s main airport Monday. Monique Verdieux, 56, fled to the highway after watching armed men burning houses in her neighborhood. Her family scattered in different directions and she said she's not sure where they are. “I am now sleeping in the street,” Verdieux said, noting it was unsafe to return. Gangs have overtaken more than 90 percent of

By The Korea Herald