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Haitian PM Ariel Henry resigns, says regional bloc | #AJshorts

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See the moment the resignation of Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry was announced at an emergency meeting of Caribbean leaders, after gang leaders prevented Henry from returning after an overseas trip. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News

Media targeted by Ecuador gang #ecuador #news #breakingnews #ajlisteningpost #aljazeeraenglish

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In Ecuador, masked gang members broke into the studio of the state broadcaster and began firing at staff and taking hostages. . Tariq Nafi reports on the country’s gang violence crisis and why the media has become a target. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ajlisteningpost Find us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ajlisteningpost Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App : https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #news #breakingnews #ecuador #aljazeeraenglish #ajlisteningpost

Brazil elections: Tackling gangs has been a campaign issue

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How to deal with Brazil’s criminal organisations has been one of the campaign issues. In poor neighbourhoods, police crackdowns have left many dead. Al Jazeera’s @Teresa Bo reports from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Brazil #elections #crime #gangs

El Salvador extends state of exception as arrests hit 50,000

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El Salvador’s government has extended sweeping emergency measures used to crack down on powerful street gangs for another month. The government defends the measure as helping to dismantle ‘terrorist structures.’ They were first announced in March, and have been criticised by rights groups but the public seems to have embraced them. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #ElSalvador #Gang #Gangs #ElSalvador #Police #Arrests #Emergency

How Sheriffs created the most powerful ‘gangs’ In Los Angeles | Fault Lines Documentary

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Los Angeles, in the US state of California, has been plagued with gang violence for decades, and has even been called the “gang capital of America”. But they’re not just on the streets. Reports and lawsuits allege that there are deputy “gangs” within the LA County Sheriff’s Department. Members have unique tattoos identifying which station they belong to and are accused of using excessive force, and glorifying an aggressive form of policing. Fault Lines investigates the shooting death of 21-year-old Anthony Vargas. His family believes that the sheriffs’ deputies who killed him were prospective members of the Banditos — a gang inside the East LA station, which has one of the […]

Haiti gangs: At least 20 killed, thousands forced to flee homes

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The latest gang fighting in Haiti started on Sunday, forcing thousands of people from their homes. Al Jazeera’s @Manuel Rapalo reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Haiti #GangViolence

El Salvador gang warfare: Media law change provokes censorship fears

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The media in El Salvador is being recruited into the government’s war on criminal gangs. A change in the law means gang-related messages in the media are illegal. Journalists say the crackdown targets freedom of expression. Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor @Lucia Newman reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #ElSalvador #Medialaw

Argentina probes toxic lacing of cocaine that killed dozens

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An investigation is under way in Argentina, where at least 24 people have died after ingesting cocaine that was mixed with an unknown toxic substance – more than 80 people are in hospital. Authorities are looking into who laced the drug and why. Among the lines of inquiry is whether drug gangs spiked batches of a rival’s cocaine, to weaken competition. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez-Hodoyan has more. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Argentina

Haiti’s most powerful gang leader talks to Al Jazeera

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Al Jazeera has spoken exclusively to Haiti’s most powerful gang leader. Armed groups now run large parts of the country and have filled a power vacuum left by the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July. Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds has more from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Haiti

Colombia’s most wanted drug lord arrested

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Security forces in Colombia have captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, the country’s most wanted drug trafficker. Better known as Otoniel, the 50 year old was arrested on Saturday during an operation in a rural area of Colombia’s Uraba region, located in Antioquia province. Images circulating on social media show Otoniel handcuffed with his face planted to the ground. President Ivan Duque likened his arrest to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar, the famed Colombian narco-trafficking kingpin. Duque said Otoniel is accused of sending dozens of shipments of cocaine to the United States, as well as of killing police officers, recruiting minors, and sexually abusing children, among other crimes. – […]