05/30/2026
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Over two dozen people who have been deported back to Haiti that lived in the San Juan neighborhoods including Barrio Obrero and Puerto Nuevo have been killed. 4 women were deported several months ago — one approximately two months prior, the others around three months and 15 days before their deaths — following immigration enforcement actions.
Leonard Prophil, a Haitian community leader and Creole interpreter in Puerto Rico who knew some of the women and was contacted by their families, confirmed they had been missing for about two weeks before the bodies were found. He directly linked the killings to gang activity in Haiti, where deported individuals — especially women — are frequently kidnapped and targeted for ransom demands from relatives presumed to have resources abroad (often in the U.S. or Puerto Rico).
“Deporting these people means condemning them to death,” Prophil stated, calling for alternatives to deportation given Haiti’s severe gang violence and humanitarian crisis.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Monday the bodies of at least four decapitated women have been found along the border it shares with Haiti, marking an unusual discovery.