The U.S. on Friday officially designated a powerful gang coalition in Haiti as a foreign terrorist organization, raising concerns the move could deepen the country’s humanitarian crisis at a critical time.
The Viv Ansanm coalition, which means “Living Together,” joins a list of eight Latin American criminal organizations under that category. Gran Grif, the biggest gang to operate in Haiti’s central Artibonite region, also was added to the list, as reported by The Associated Press on Tuesday.
