US designates Haitian gangs as terrorist organisations
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May 4, 2025
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The Trump administration in the United States on Friday designated two Haitian gangs as terrorist organisations.
“Today, I am announcing the State Department’s designation of Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif as Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs),” said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “The age of impunity for those supporting violence in Haiti is over.”
Rubio, a former US Senator, who was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban immigrants, said Haitian gangs, including the Viv Ansanm coalition and Gran Grif, are “the primary source of instability and violence in Haiti.
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