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The installation by the U.S. and its allies of an acting prime minister widely seen by Haitians as both incompetent and corrupt sparked a shooting rebellion by an alliance of heavily armed criminal gangs that has left the country on the verge of political, economic and civil collapse.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
They were held within an expanse of forests that stretches over the border into Niger, an expanse that has become a haven for hundreds of heavily armed groups.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
The security footage shared by Hylton shows the heavily armed federal agents entering Combs’s home and pushing Christian, who had his hands above his head, against a wall while handcuffing him.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
Images from the scene showed a massive police presence deployed to the area, including heavily armed officers.
—Jessie Gretener, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
In the movie, Kirsten Dunst plays a dogged photojournalist muscling her way through a smoldering Washington D.C., trying to document the bitter conflict between two heavily armed factions tearing America apart.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
The police force is struggling to stave off an insurrection by heavily armed gangs.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
Islamic insurgents and other heavily armed groups have increasingly turned to kidnapping to get money.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
Waiting to attack are one thousand heavily armed bandits, disgruntled ex-soldiers led by a charismatic 25-year-old rebel who is dead-set on freeing his province from the yoke of a brutal warlord.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2024
Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
They were held within an expanse of forests that stretches over the border into Niger, an expanse that has become a haven for hundreds of heavily armed groups.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
The security footage shared by Hylton shows the heavily armed federal agents entering Combs’s home and pushing Christian, who had his hands above his head, against a wall while handcuffing him.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
Images from the scene showed a massive police presence deployed to the area, including heavily armed officers.
—Jessie Gretener, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
In the movie, Kirsten Dunst plays a dogged photojournalist muscling her way through a smoldering Washington D.C., trying to document the bitter conflict between two heavily armed factions tearing America apart.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
The police force is struggling to stave off an insurrection by heavily armed gangs.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
Islamic insurgents and other heavily armed groups have increasingly turned to kidnapping to get money.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
Waiting to attack are one thousand heavily armed bandits, disgruntled ex-soldiers led by a charismatic 25-year-old rebel who is dead-set on freeing his province from the yoke of a brutal warlord.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2024
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