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Lebanese worldwide fear for their homeland and loved ones as violence escalates
It was a year ago when Jomana Siddiqui visited Lebanon, where her father was born — and is now buried. She planned to return there soon; this time, she thought, she would take her two teenage daughters. Instead, Siddiqui, who lives in California, now worries about relatives there....
This week's gang attack on a Haitian town killed at least 70 people, UN says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The tally of victims killed in this week's brutal attack on a small town in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members has risen to at least 70, the U.N. human rights office said Friday. Bodies lay strewn on the streets of Pont-Sondé following...
A gang in Haiti has killed more than 20 and injured dozens after raiding a small town, official says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gang members attacked a small town in central Haiti early Thursday, killing more than 20 people, including children, according to a human rights group. Another 50 people were injured as the Gran Grif gang burned homes and cars in the town of...
Gunmen burst into a Mexican drug rehab center and kill 4 men and wound 2 others
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Assailants shot to death four men and wounded two others in an attack at a Mexican drug rehabilitation center, officials said Wednesday. Officials in the north-central state of Guanajuato said the killings occurred late Tuesday in the city of Salamanca. There...
Woman associated with MS-13 is sentenced to 50 years in prison
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A woman associated with MS-13 was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in federal prison for her role in luring four young men to be killed by more than a dozen members of the violent transnational gang in the New York City suburbs. Leniz Escobar was a...
Italian police arrest 19 people in massive probe targeting mafia links to Milan soccer 'ultra' fans
ROME (AP) — Italian police arrested 19 people, accused of criminal ties with the powerful ‘Ndrangheta mafia group, in a move that decimated the fan clubs backing Serie A teams Inter Milan and AC Milan. Prosecutors said at a press conference on Monday that possible charges include...
The first US Peace Corps volunteers return to El Salvador since leaving in 2016 because of violence
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — U.S. Peace Corps volunteers returned to El Salvador Friday for the first time since the American force left in 2016 because of violence in the Central American country. It was the latest sign of a thaw in U.S. relations with El Salvador, whose...
The EU judicial cooperation agency is stepping up its fight against organized crime
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union's judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, launched a new network on Wednesday to strengthen and further coordinate the continent's fight against organized crime. The European Judicial Organised Crime Network's first priority will be...
Tren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela's prisons and now spreads fear in the US
MIAMI (AP) — Former federal agent Wes Tabor says his phone has been lighting up with calls from police departments around the U.S. for advice on how to combat the growing threat from the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Tabor was in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement...
Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities. He is now in northern Haiti under the care of a U.S. organization after the...
