SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Dominican man was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a human smuggling operation that authorities say led to the deaths of 11 migrants.

A third contingent of Kenyan police arrived Thursday in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns of a halt in some U.S. funding to the U.N.-backed mission.

The U.S. has notified the United Nations that it is freezing funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting ...