#gang-violence

#gang-violence

Police said the man was considered a so-called "high value target" in the Swedish-led operation "Grimm" countering the surge of "violence as a service", referring to the online recruitment of individuals often minors to carry out violent acts. Those orchestrating the acts are often located abroad. The Foxtrot criminal network was formed in the late 2010s around Majid and has been connected to dozens of violent crimes in Sweden.

David Antonio Aviles Perez, also known as 'la bruja' or 'the witch,' was sentenced to 20 years in prison in El Salvador for aggravated homicide related to a 2014 murder. He and an accomplice murdered a man during a dispute, shooting him multiple times.

A gangland enforcer, previously suspected of killing a man, is now being questioned regarding the attempted murder of Alexis Lee Campion, who was set on fire.

On September 20, 2025, at around 7 a.m., dozens of children ran through the Simon Pele neighborhood in northern Port-au-Prince. They played among the colorful alleyways controlled for years by the gang of the same name waiting for Albert Steevenson, alias Djouma, to hand out toys as part of his birthday celebration. But quadcopter drones from an official operation, armed with explosives, were also flying through the alleyways with a clear objective: to kill the elusive Haitian gang leader.

With time, as his research led to police intervention, he caught the attention of the city's gangs. In November 2024, during a period of escalating violence in the Haitian capital, gang members entered the compound where Gensley lived. They burned the radio station, my home and many other things in the area. They even killed his dog.

He was arrested with the SWAT team because he was considered dangerous. You don't make it to number one for stealing a car. You're at the top of this list because we believe you pose a serious threat to any person in any place where you may be. Bryan Fuentes Gramajo fits that bill.

Move comes after council tried to oust PM Fils-Aime and the US recently deployed warship to waters near Haiti's capital. Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council has handed power to US-backed Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime after almost two years of tumultuous governance marked by rampant gang violence that has left thousands dead. The transfer of power between the nine-member transitional council and 54-year-old businessman Fils-Aime took place on Saturday under tight security, given Haiti's unstable political climate.

Five Dublin criminals with over 120 previous convictions carried out a prolonged attack on a man by branding him with the word 'rat' using a hot-poker iron, waterboarding him, and running over him with an electric bike.

El Mezquital is neither a neighborhood nor a district. It started out as one, but now it's a motley patchwork of gray houses and corrugated metal roofs on the outskirts of Guatemala City. From here, the capital's buildings appear in the distance as tiny lights, as unattainable as green spaces, shopping malls, or health centers. Old yellow school buses burst noisily down the main street, belching smoke and carrying silent residents who travel with their cell phones hidden away.