David Adams

Miami

Freelance Journalist at The New York Times

British-born, Miami-based, freelance journalist for @nytimes, @CPJAmericas and @AJEnglish. Previously @UnivisionNews, @TB_Times @Reuters

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Articles

¿De dónde vienen las armas utilizadas por las bandas en Haití?

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David Adams

Su potencia de fuego superior ha abrumado a las escasas filas de la mal equipada policía haitiana y ha contribuido a un asombroso número de víctimas de más de 5600 homicidios el año pasado, un aumento de más de 1000 respecto al año anterior.
Haiti Doesn't Make Guns. So How Are Gangs Awash in Them?

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David Adams

Dominican Customs officials track all suspicious shipments to catch and prosecute traffickers, a U.S. embassy representative who was not authorized to speak publicly said, questioning whether the Dominican Republic was an important source of illegal guns to Haiti. Dominican Customs authorities referred questions to prosecutors, who declined to comment.
El incendio del mayor hospital de Haití muestra la anarquía del país y los retos de la ayuda de EE. UU. en el exterior

1 month ago | nytimes.com | David Adams

Dos días antes de las pasadas Navidades, Pierre S. Prince aceptó un nuevo y emocionante trabajo como director del mayor hospital público de Haití, en cuya renovación Estados Unidos ha invertido decenas de millones de dólares y que está localizado tan adentro en el territorio de las bandas que lleva un año cerrado.
Haiti's Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Goes Up in Smoke

1 month ago | nytimes.com | David Adams

Two days before last Christmas, Dr. Pierre S. Prince took an exciting new job as director of Haiti's largest public hospital, which the United States spent tens of millions of dollars renovating and is so deep in gang territory that it has been closed for a year. Dr. Prince, a 57-year-old thoracic surgeon, looked forward to returning to the State University Hospital of Haiti, which had been ravaged by the 2010 earthquake that decimated the country's capital.
Alon Alexander Is Denied Bail in Sex Trafficking Case

Jan 3, 2025 | nytimes.com | Debra Kamin |David Adams

Mr. Alexander's brother, Oren Alexander, was granted a hearing extension by a judge in Miami. A third brother, Tal Alexander, was denied bail on related charges in December. Alon Alexander, one of three brothers facing federal sex trafficking charges, was denied bail in a Miami courtroom on Friday after a judge ruled that his request for at-home pretrial detention allowed too much risk that he could flee the country.
Armed Attack at Haiti Hospital Kills at Least 3

Dec 24, 2024 | nytimes.com | David Adams |Andre Paultre

The journalists shot on Monday had been invited by government officials to attend the reopening at the hospital complex, which is in a former gang stronghold. They were awaiting the arrival of Haiti's minister of public health, Dr. Duckenson Lorthe Blema, along with a bus organized by the government to carry more journalists to the site. But gang members were also apparently lying in wait. And the minister never made it to the hospital. Around 11 a.m., the witnesses said, the crowd was ambushed.
Mexican congressman gunned down as political violence continues

Dec 10, 2024 | sightmagazine.com.au | Brendan O'Boyle |David Adams

Mexico City, MexicoReutersA federal congressman was assassinated late on Monday in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the latest killing in an outbreak of political violence in the country. The Veracruz Attorney General’s office confirmed the death of Benito Aguas, a member of the leftist government’s ruling coalition in the 500-member lower house of Congress, in a post on social media.
Human trafficking rises sharply after dropping during pandemic, UN says

Dec 10, 2024 | sightmagazine.com.au | David Adams

Vienna, AustriaReutersHuman trafficking has risen sharply due to conflicts, climate-induced disasters and global crises, according to a United Nations report published on Wednesday. In 2022, the latest year for which data is widely available, the number of known victims worldwide rose to 25 per cent above 2019’s pre-pandemic levels, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons said. A sharp fall in 2020 had largely disappeared by the following year.
Refugees return to Syria as caretaker Prime Minister appointed

Dec 10, 2024 | sightmagazine.com.au | Maya Gebeily |Timour Azhari |David Adams

Damascus, Syria ReutersRefugees from Syria’s long civil war were making their way home on Wednesday, as a new interim Prime Minister said he had been appointed with the backing of the rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad. US officials, engaging with rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), urged them not to assume automatic leadership of the country but instead run an inclusive process to form a transitional government.
Syrians scour disfigured corpses for signs of detained loved ones

Dec 10, 2024 | sightmagazine.com.au | Mohammad Azakir |Firaz Makdesi |David Adams

Damascus, SyriaReutersUsing only the light on their mobile phones, wailing men and women examined disfigured bodies lying in a darkened hospital morgue in Syria’s capital for signs of their relatives who had disappeared into Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prison system.