They formed to fight Haiti’s gangs. Now they’re an obstacle to peace.

They formed to fight Haiti’s gangs. Now they’re an obstacle to peace.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Like many in Haiti’s Artibonite region, the 26-year-old woman once viewed the Coalition as protectors. A powerful group of murky origins, one of many of this country’s “self-defense brigades,” the Coalition emerged three years ago to fight back against the criminals who were...

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