Haiti Says Gang Boss Mathias Saintil Is Dead
Haiti's prime minister said on 6 November that Mathias Saintil, a Boston gang leader in Cité Soleil, is dead, but accounts differ on how he died. The post Haiti Says Gang Boss Mathias Saintil Is Dead appeared first on The Rio Times .
Mathias Saintil, a notorious gang leader who operated in Haiti's Cité Soleil, was killed in an operation on November 6, 2025. The criminal network he led, known as the Boston gang, was responsible for various violent crimes such as robbery, ransom kidnappings, and arms trafficking. Saintil died following a security operation in a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, as confirmed by Haiti's Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.
He had sustained serious abdominal injuries from a drone strike in Boston the previous day. The Haitian National Police (PNH) stated that Saintil was hit by several bullets in the Nòlyo area during the operation. Despite his death, the fight to regain control of territories from armed gangs continues in Haiti.
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