Haiti Gang With Past Abductions Blamed For Kidnapping Missionaries
Seventeen missionaries from a U.S.-based organization have been kidnapped by a notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings, according to police.
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Seventeen missionaries from a U.S.-based organization have been kidnapped by a notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings, according to police.
Earthquake relief efforts in Haiti got a boost Thursday as Broward Health announced they are giving a $250,000 donation of PPE and medical supplies to the nation.
Dozens of box trucks will be required to transport the pallets of humanitarian aid once the shipment arrives in Haiti, an undertaking that is unusual.
A group of national Haitian diaspora leaders from Miami is now at the Del Rio, Texas border and they say that what happened there is unacceptable.
Citing the "inhumane and counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitians" the U.S. southern border, U.S Special Envoy to Haiti Daniel Foote has resigned.
A top U.S. envoy to Haiti tendered his resignation, citing the Biden administration's "inhumane" effort to expel hundreds of Haitian migrants to their home country, which is recovering from a deadly earthquake and plagued by political instability, widespread insecurity and crippling poverty.
All across South Florida the outrage continues as images emerge of border patrol agents on horseback using their reins as whips to corral Haitian migrants.
People protesting the deportation of Haitian migrants at the southern border took to the streets of northwest Miami-Dade near a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office on Wednesday.
Former Sen. Dwight Bullard says the images look airily similar to the plight of African-American slaves.
In one case, an agent on horseback, with what appears to be a whip in his hand, can be seen grabbing the shirt of a migrant, who was desperately trying to escape.
They came to the U.S. border recently after hearing rumors that they would be allowed to cross.
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Del Rio, Texas, where close to 14,000 migrants are encamped under an international bridge and surrounding areas.
More than 10,000 mostly Haitian migrants are sheltering under an international bridge in Mexico, waiting to be processed by immigration authorities in the United States.
Haiti's chief prosecutor has asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the late President Jovenel Moïse and asked other officials to bar him from leaving the country.
More donations are leaving South Florida, headed to hard-hit Haiti following this month's earthquake.
Neighbors 4 Neighbors has launched a relief drive for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
As thousands rush to help the people of Haiti, many are finding the process to get aid to the country more difficult than expected. Betsy Bray is among them.
More than a week ago, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, killing more than 2,000 people. It was another devastating disaster to a country already facing another hurdle: the COVID-19 pandemic.
Haiti is still digging out from rubble left from a massive earthquake nearly two weeks ago, and the country is in still dire need of help.
Officials said they are investigating whether the group of 42 migrants was smuggled to the United States.
The South Florida community is continuing to step up to help Haiti as efforts on the ground to save lives continue in the country.
"Folks they don't have anywhere to sleep, aid is not getting to them, so the situation is ideally bad," said North Miami Commissioner Alix Desulme.
The U.S. Southern Command, located in Doral, is front and center in the life-saving rescue and recovery operations taking place in Haiti following the devastating and deadly earthquake one week ago.
CBS4's Brooke Shafer witnessed first-hand the medical crisis taking place in Port au Prince in the wake of a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti.
The City of Miami, along with police and fire rescue, is teaming up with Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church to collect relief supplies for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
