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Members of the Haitian Armed Forces patrol as people flee homes following the gang violence over the weekend in Port-au-Prince. ... the death toll just this year in Haiti to a staggering 5,000 ...
People walk past a burning barricade in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in a Nov. 19, 2024 file photo, taken in one of the few areas of the capital city not under the full ...
An estimated 85% of Port-au-Prince is still under gang control. The UN says that as many as 5,000 people have been killed in violence in Haiti this year alone, and the country is now on the verge ...
On 2 and 3 March, armed gangs stormed the two largest prisons in Haiti, one in Croix des Bouquets, the other in Port-au-Prince. [12] More than 4,700 inmates escaped. [ 10 ] Police were reported to be undermanned and outgunned by the gangs, with only 9,000 operating in Haiti at the time of the fighting. [ 13 ]
Since the government's de facto collapse in 2018, Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince has become a hotbed of anarchic gang activity with brutal murders and spates of killing. [1] This was exacerbated in 2021 by the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, leading most of the gangs in Port-au-Prince to ally with G9 or G-Pep. [1]
Haiti's death toll rises as international support lags, UN report says. Sarah Morland. April 19, 2024 at 5:06 PM. ... Most of the violence took place in the capital of Port-au-Prince, while at ...
Bel Air is situated in northern Port-au-Prince, under the control of G9 Family and Allies (G9 an Fanmi e Alye), a group of several gangs headed by Jimmy Chérizier. [1] On November 4, 2019, prior to the creation of G9, Bel Air was the site of a massacre perpetrated by Haitian authorities to crack down on anti-government protests.
In Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, streets were barricaded with flaming tires and parked vehicles on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 as part of a countrywide mobilization effort announced by opponents ...