The gangs that dominate most of the capital Haitian city of Port-au-Prince received a hard blow yesterday, when at least 28 alleged members of armed groups were killed by members of the National Police, as well as by civilianswho burned the bodies of more than twenty of them and scattered them throughout the city, which is practically paralyzed, while the clashes continue.
Some of them were killed by police inside the houses in which they took refuge and, later, located by the civilians who ended up burning the bodies.
Others were burned while they were still with life.
The dead, according to information, are part of bands armed that began to unfold in various parts of the capital between Monday night and Tuesday morning with the aim of establishing new bases in areas that are not yet under their direct control.
This balance is likely to increase again in the coming hours due to the records that are being carried out citizens in areas where gang members are believed to have taken refuge.
The inhabitants of the areas of Nazon, LalueChrist Roi and Bois-Verna lived a night of terror, with intense shots from automatic weapons that forced hundreds of people to spend the night awake.
The entire situation forced the paralysis of the activities commercial and teaching in the metropolitan area of
At various points in the capital clashes are taking place between agents and the bands armedcreating a panic situation in the capital.
The streets main are empty, giving the impression that the capital is on strike.
The Police operations take place a week after bands armed of the coalition Live Ensemble (Living Together), led by former police officer Jimmy Cherizier, alias ‘Barbecue’, will announce days of terror in the metropolitan area of
At the beginning of last week two airplanes commercial Americans were shot, which led to the closure of the Toussaint Louverture international airport, the country’s main airport, and the suspension of Flights by several companies.
The UN also temporarily suspended the delivery of humanitarian aid due to the impossibility of access to the port and airport in the capitaldue to the serious deterioration of the security.
Only between July and last September at least 1,223 people died and 522 were injured in Haiti as a result of the violence and the fight against bandsaccording to the United Nations Integrated Office.
The UN Security Council debates this Wednesday the request of the Government of Haiti to transform the Multinational Security Mission (MMS) present in the country into a classic ‘blue helmet’ peace force, although with little sign of prospering due to the opposition from Russia and China. On October 21, the Haitian transitional government sent a letter in which it formally asked the Council to send this peace mission “as soon as possible”, given the personnel and budget limitations that hinder the current police mission, and that have conditioned its limited effectiveness to guarantee a minimum of security in the Caribbean nation that is mired in a terrible crisis.
