US freezes funding for security mission tackling Haiti's gangs

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) meet at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Powerful gangs, armed with weapons largely trafficked from the United States, have united in the Caribbean country's capital Port-au-Prince under a common alliance and now control most of the city and are expanding to nearby areas.