The U.S. State Department on Friday designated two powerful Haitian gangs as terrorist groups. The agency listed the Viv Ansanm coalition, which consists of more than two dozen of Haiti's best-armed criminal groups,

The Viv Ansanm coalition and the Gran Grif gang will now be labeled as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and as Specifically Designated Global Terrorists by the State Department.

The United Stated on Friday designated the Haitian gang alliance Viv Ansanm as a 'transnational terrorist group', according to the Treasury Department website. Your trusted source for the latest news delivered weekdays from the team at U.