gang violence
Blackwater founder to deploy nearly 200 personnel to Haiti as gang violence soars
The deployment is meant to help the government of Haiti recover vast swaths of territory seized in the past year and now controlled by heavily armed gangs.
Haiti’s gangs have ‘near-total control’ of the capital, U.N. says
An estimated 90% of the capital Port-au-Prince is now under control of criminal groups who are expanding attacks not only into surrounding areas but beyond into previously peaceful areas.