“We are all by ourselves. No government, no international community, no coherent security forces,” said Richard Senecal, a filmmaker who lives in Port-au-Prince.

Either way, Prince’s arrival on the scene in Haiti coincides with both escalating violence by armed gangs that now control up to 90% of Port-au-Prince while extending to other regions, and ...

Erik Prince aids the Haitian government in tackling gang violence, advising on security and stability amid escalating threats in Port-au-Prince. Haiti enlists Blackwater founder Erik Prince, an ex ...

In Canapé-Vert, one of Port-au-Prince’s last gang-free pockets, a former policeman known as “Commander Samuel” leads a vigilante group called Du Sang 9 (“New Blood” in Creole).

Thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday to express their anger against armed gangs that control nearly all of the capital and surrounding areas and the government ...