Gang warfare plunges Haiti’s capital into crisis • FRANCE 24 English

Gang warfare plunges Haiti’s capital into crisis • FRANCE 24 English

A violent scene unfolds in hades’s capital Porto prance police were able to stop an attempted kidnapping a man is left severely injured his wife Cries Out in despair he’s a collateral victim caught in the crossfire the police firing shots only adds to the chaos three men are arrested they’re

Suspected of being involved with the Abduction of a lorry driver in Haiti anyone can be kidnapped and held for ransom the man is still alive and is rushed away in this taxi we didn’t used to hear shootings around here it was normally downtown today it’s everywhere extortion and kidnappings

Have become a common trade to finance The Gangs since the assassination of the Haitian president in 21 the country has been plunged even further into Political chaos and insecurity 80% of the capital today is controlled by criminal groups Haitian police officers attempt to regain control of parts of the

City in a bullet riddle tank this Elite unit gears up for a faceoff with the gang making their way through marani a neighborhood west of Porto prance the residents here are desperate the area has been occupied for some time by armed men civilians were here to put them out of their

Misery their mission is to retake a Slaughter housee occupied by a gang the team is Guided by a drone as they move toward the building tension is high shots are fired the police enter a narrow alley when they hear [Applause] someone the man seen running is shot by

Police police although not visibly armed by just being in the area he’s considered a gang accomplice stand M the team decides to retreat The Slaughterhouse will remain in the hands of the gang we eliminated a gang member he was in an alley I killed him we had to retreat

In hadi’s brutal Turf War more than 13 people are killed every day the belir gang controls this neighborhood located in the heart of Porto pron Lookouts are always keeping an eye on the front line here it’s okay it’s safe but definitely not up there we could only go just a little further

This man moves to a lookout spot closest to the front this is the solino neighborhood see their flag it’s their base at the end of the street is enemy territory the Bell Gang has been trying to gain control of this area there’s a guy who sticks out his head from time to

Time I’m going to shoot him for the gangs gaining new territory means securing more financing through extortion in this footage the two sides came head-to-head the selenos aided by the police are seen fighting off the Belair young members of the belir gang show off their territory arm to the

Teeth they call themselves The 103 zombies living or dying in the service of their boss in the Battle of selino we were ready to die that’s all we’ve got in this country most of the young people who haven’t left Haiti yet are like us they take up arms

We are the 103 zombies we run this country on social media they brandish their wealth and lavish Lifestyles achieved through criminal activities some are even seen with a couple thousand they set out patrolling the streets with a bottle of rum in one hand and a gun and the other this gun is like

Us see it too drinks rum on the other side of the street the seleno neighborhood coveted by the belir gang one of the residents shows where the two gangs faced off they burned everything it’s War everything’s destroyed a large community of police officers live in selino along with other

Local residents so far they’ve managed to fend off the belir Gang but the fighting is fierce there are residents who stay there all night the community brigades it’s a form of self-defense to keep people from leaving the neighborhood authorities don’t come here to see the damage abandoned by the state the

Population has been left to fend for itself with over 300,000 people displaced more than half are children this woman had to flee her home in a hurry while pregnant in we’re not valued we’re thirsty we’re hungry we’re being shot at we’re in need the country is finished we

Need a solution because it’s really bad last year the UN approved a multinational police mission to quell the violence leading the initiative is Kenya who has agreed to deploy 1,000 officers to Haiti a small glimmer of hope for millions of Haitians

Sunday’s major prison break in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, in which gangs allowed thousands of inmates to escape, has plunged the country even deeper into chaos. Authorities declared a state of emergency and curfew in the capital, 80 percent of which is controlled by criminal gangs. Since the shock assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021, the country has been mired in a political crisis, which has in turn led to a security and humanitarian disaster. Amid a brutal turf war between gangs, more than 13 people are killed every day. Our colleagues at France 2 report, with FRANCE 24’s Lauren Bain.
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