If the government doesn’t put its head together to push back the gangs, they will head toward Belladère and then we will be at war because the Dominicans will never accept this.” ...

Haiti’s most powerful gang coalition and another criminal armed group operating in the country’s breadbasket have been added to a United Nations global sanctions list.

Conflicts in Ecuador, Mexico and Haiti stem from corruption, a lack of state authority and entities such as drug cartels.